I don't think I can fit all 12 beach balls - but I may try! I know lots of people use beach balls in the classroom, but I haven't used them in such a long time that I thought I'd share my excitement about finally getting around to getting new ones! I have a little bit of a beach theme in my room this year, so that motivated me to get some beach balls again. I ordered a pack of 12 and am writing different math skills practice on them - so far I have multiplication facts, exponents, fraction/decimal conversions, and common measurement conversions. I have 12 beach balls to fill with math, so I need to decide on more topics. I think I'll do square roots, division facts, math vocabulary...I need to keep thinking:-) Palm tree w/math practices - word wall will be to the right. Our math classes aren't that long, but I figure I can squeeze in 5 minutes at the end of class once or twice a week to toss the beach balls around for some quick facts. With so many differ...
Hi Ellie,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the great activity! I wish I had my own freebie to post here. I just blogged about the great place value activities I have found online - maybe I could link up that way?
Jenn
Doodling Around in 6th Grade
Sure! You can link up a blog post or a paid product if you want. Thanks!
DeleteThanks for hosting this linky...off to pin this post!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up (and for pinning)! I see that you went to UD...so did my daughter!
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