The Learning Oasis

Have fun with some candy corn while predicting, sorting, counting, ordering numbers, comparing quantities, making patterns, fractions,and creating a graph! Activity is appropriate for partners, small groups, or station work. *I found the various flavors of candy corn in individual bags, except for the yellow/brown chocolate and strawberry came from a bag named Dragons Teeth, and the cinnamon came in a bag named Jelly Belly Gourmet Giant Candy Corn. I found all at my local Hy-Vee and Dillon's

Have fun with some candy corn while predicting, sorting, counting, ordering numbers, making patterns, identifying fraction, adding like-fractions, and creating a graph! Activity is appropriate for partners, small groups, or station work. *I found the various flavors of candy corn in individual bags, except for the yellow/brown chocolate and strawberry came from a bag named Dragons Teeth, and the cinnamon came in a bag named Jelly Belly Gourmet Giant Candy Corn. I found all at my local Hy-Vee

This comes with three slightly different versions. Students will represent a number in standard, expanded, and word form, write a number sentence (equation), draw a picture, do a base ten drawing, tally marks, tens frame, number line, +1/-1, and +10/-10.

Here’s your chance for your students to plan and budget for a scrumptious Thanksgiving feast. Using grocery ads from your local newspapers and/or grocery store websites, have them work in a small group to plan dinner for 6 people, with a budget of $100. Spend as close to $100 as possible, but don't go over!

Have fun with some candy corn while predicting, sorting, counting, ordering numbers, making patterns, and creating a graph! Activity is appropriate for partners, small groups, or station work. *I found the various flavors of candy corn in individual bags, except for the yellow/brown chocolate and strawberry came from a bag named Dragons Teeth, and the cinnamon came in a bag named Jelly Belly Gourmet Giant Candy Corn. I found all at my local Hy-Vee and Dillon's (Kroger) stores. Just fyi!

Fun activity for sorting, graphing, finding statistical measures, comparing numbers, and working with fractions.

Grab some newspaper grocery ads and get ready to do some meal planning with your students! I like to collect ads from the Sunday papers for a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving. This is a fun way to practice using decimals (adding and/or multiplying money) in a real-life situation, as well as estimating. I always enjoy listening to how my students justify their food selections and if things are reasonable! I find this activity is a great partner project, but could be done individually. It cre