Kniffin Store
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Thomasville, North Carolina, United States
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I try to create activities that contain some kind of meaning or purpose related to real life. I've found that keeping things engaging and relevant is a major key to student buy-in, and thus, student success. A lot of my activities are also based on life experience growing up with family in the special needs community. I look at activities from not only the teacher side (what concepts will be taught) but the family side (how will this make a difference to their future) and the student side (what might they find interesting or boring).
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Budget Math Project
This project reviews all four basic operations (I choose to do this without calculators). This project also helps students come into the real world regarding the benefits and sacrifices of different career choices they make. They should understand that there is nothing wrong with working a minimum wage job, but there are sacrifices that go along with that. This project will help them compare their lifestyle in their dream job with their lifestyle if they don't finish school and can only get a mi
4th - 7th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
Algebraic Expressions Unit
5 days worth of lesson plans that include detailed instructions and activities on algebraic expressions.
5th - 7th
Algebra, Basic Operations, Math
Introduction to Division
Introduce division at a concrete level, then move slowly to representational. Starts from the beginning of the concept of division and scaffold upwards to basic division problems. Has plenty of practice problems. Should take 1 day.
3rd - 6th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math
CCSS
6.NS.B.2
Multiplication Baseball
Keep the multiplication drills fun by making it a baseball game. Students use playing cards to get to factors to multiply. The product tells them how many bases they can go. This is a fun way to keep kids practicing. In my experience they tend to begin to correct each other when mistakes are made and have great discussions on different methods to use to find the product.
3rd - 6th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math
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About the store
Experience
I try to create activities that contain some kind of meaning or purpose related to real life. I've found that keeping things engaging and relevant is a major key to student buy-in, and thus, student success. A lot of my activities are also based on life experience growing up with family in the special needs community. I look at activities from not only the teacher side (what concepts will be taught) but the family side (how will this make a difference to their future) and the student side (what might they find interesting or boring).
Teaching style
In teaching EC students, I have found the need for many hands-on activities. I can't stand doing all worksheets and formal notes. We have to get down and dirty with math.
My own education history
I have a Bachelor's in Special Education with a concentration in Math.
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