The Melted Crayon

These Smartboard slides are designed for building student inquiry and problem solving skills, as well as, continual math concept review. Each slide has 3-4 questions that ignite great math discussions. I have a slide up as the students enter the classroom in the mornings. This is a great way to get students settled in as they record their answers in their math notebooks. A slide a day can take as little as 8 minutes or as long as 20 minutes depending on the "math talk" that arises. This is a gre

These Smart board slides are designed to work with the Everyday Math series as many of the formats are similar, but it can be easier used with any series. Each slide has 3-4 questions that ignite great math discussions. I have a slide up as the students enter the classroom from noon recess. The students just know to get their math notebooks out and to start solving the problems. Once the students have completed their work, we go over them together. This is a great way to get students settled in