Layla Henry- Fancy Free in 4th- Blog

Fancy Ideas for the Everyday Classroom

  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Layla Henry- Fancy Free in 4th- Blog
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Blog
  • Shop
  • Contact

Math Problem of the Week for the Entire Year

August 19, 2013 By fancyfreein4th

I am ECSTATIC to share with you my newest product: Math Problems of the Week  (For the Year)
 Not only am I excited to incorporate these into my weekly lesson plans but it is PERFECT for common core and getting students to become Problem Solvers who Persevere!
     This past I went to a Common Core 4th Grade Math Training at our District Office and came out with a lot of ideas and ways to foster an excitement for math in a Common Core way. One of the ideas I came up with  was to make a permanent bulletin board in my classroom that will display the Problems
of the Week (P.O.W).  I plan on using the P.O.W in a variety of ways: 
1) as a May do activity 
2) as part of my Math Center Rotations 
3) for Table Challenges
 4) for Partner Practice 
5) as an Independent Assessments
   I designed the Problem of the Week to be an in class activity rather than a handout that goes home with each student.  This encourages the students to critically solve these on their own, or with a partner/group, rather than take it home and have a parent or sibling help.  
These 28 P.O.W are based off of
the first
standard of Mathematical Practice from the
Common Core State Standards which challenges
students to “Make sense of problems and to persevere in
solving them.” Each of these P.O.Ws were created to challenge the students across the
various common core Math strands: Operations
& Algebraic Thinking, Number & Operations Base Ten/Fractions,
Measurement & Data and Geometry and they vary in level of difficulty.
    For every Problem of the Week there is a corresponding Student Think
Sheets that they will submit their answers on.
The think sheet requires them to not only give the answer, but also to show
work and defend their answer in writing. By defending their answer and showing their work they are required to do more and process their thinking.  At the end of the week, when we go over the POW it will be so beneficial for the students to explain their rationale and steps they took as they attacked the problem.  This processing and sharing will show the struggling students ways that their peers persevered and solved the problem in a variety of ways and will hopefully help them to build confidence and make connections for next week’s problem.  In addition, requiring them to show their work and explain their answer is a skill that is aligned with the Smarter Balance
test example, which is what our state will be using when we start testing with Common Core.

I also needed to create some cute signage for my new bulletin board.  So, I made a P.O.W
Bunting Sign and 6 Math Strategy
Posters that will help the students strategize and solve.
I get to work on my classroom tomorrow and set it up, so I will post pictures of my new P..O.W bulletin board when I am done.  I hope you consider getting this pack on sale today in the giant TpT Sale!!! You can get it for 28% off here:

«
»

Filed Under: bulletin board, math, POW, TpT, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Comments

  1. Ms. Chae Charges In! says

    August 20, 2013 at 12:37 am

    Great idea, I have a permanent math board too but didn't think of putting a problem of the week! It will work great with my workstations!

    Melissa
    Ms. Chae Charges In

    Reply
  2. a barr says

    August 29, 2013 at 6:09 am

    Layla, you are so talented… Chad is very interested in all your great ideas. Amazing!

    Reply

Leave a Reply to Ms. Chae Charges In! Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Welcome Widget

Welcome Widget

Subscribe Via Email

Topics

Latest on Pinterest

  • Your perfect teacher wishlist from the Oriental Trading Company!
  • Editable Cactus Classroom Theme Decorations that will make your classroom a beautiful place to be. Your teacher heart will be so happy with all the organizational goodies in here and you can customize it to suit your classroom needs.
  • Photosynthesis Craftivity-  Students visually show the process of photosynthesis and explain it as a recipe!
  • Growth Mindset and Cactus Activity
  • Latitude and Longitude Craftivity! Your students will get a great grasp on geography with this lesson that has them plot different points on lines of latitude and lines of longitude!
  • These Island of the Blue Dolphins book activities are perfect for your classroom. Evaluate story elements such as setting,character traits, problem/solution while you read this novel.  These will look like works of art hung on a bulletin board!
  • Life Science Fun- engaging activities for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms! Photosynthesis, food chains and lots more!
  • Growth Mindset and Cactus
  • Charlotte's Web Character Traits
Follow Me on Pinterest

Instagram

We read, we annotated, we celebrated and today we We read, we annotated, we celebrated and today we go on a walking fieldtrip to watch Percy Jackson ⚡️
First open house in a long time! Year 13, and the First open house in a long time! Year 13, and the first one in 6th grade in a long time!
Dress like your fave book character day today, so Dress like your fave book character day today, so me and my motile Gryffindor dressed up. I have loved having him at my school this year. #carpoolbuddy
For Valentine’s Day we went over what blackout p For Valentine’s Day we went over what blackout poetry was and then tried our own using the amazing @amandascgorman poem, The Hill We Climb. Perfect lesson for today! #ilove6thgrade
Spent the day mummifying some chicken legs for mor Spent the day mummifying some chicken legs for more of our Ancient Egypt exploration with @historyfromthemiddle #iteach6th
When in Treegap… If you know you know. #6thgrade When in Treegap… If you know you know. #6thgrade #iteach6th #tuckeverlasting
There’s so much advice I would tell first year- There’s so much advice I would tell first year- teacher-me…. Especially after the last (almost) 2 years of teaching; barely afloat. This year is so hard. I have to stop regularly and tell my student teacher, “it’s never been like this”. But to my core, it’s always been- children first, relationships first, or nothing else matters. Though this year is tough in new ways, there’s still much hope and laughter each day. Thanks @eveleon26 for reminding me of my first, wonderful year of teaching- so I can bring that energy, excitement each day- no matter the circumstance. For all of my teacher friends out there, I see you- I know it’s hard- and I’m grateful for you. (P.S-it’s almost winter break, you got this!) #tiredteacher #cleareyesfullheartscantlose
Be a goldfish! Happy Halloween 🎃 Be a goldfish! Happy Halloween 🎃
First day today went well. It was so good to be ba First day today went well. It was so good to be back in person.
Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2022 · Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in