Luvin2Read

Print and laminate these cards for each student. I put them in a pencil box with other manipulatives like linker cubes, counting bears, and a whiteboard marker/eraser. Great for quick and easy hands-on activities!

Perhaps no symbol in elementary school math is as important or misunderstood as the equal sign. For many students, this symbol is interpreted as meaning write the answer, which can limited a student's understanding with balancing equations (i.e. 5+8=___+4). This template provides a space for teachers to pose the question What does = mean to you? to be used as an assessment to gain knowledge about where their students' understanding of the equal sign is.