Crazy for Conversions: Measurement Fun

For the past few weeks we have been studying measurement in my little classroom, especially making conversions.  My students have done a great job and have impressed me so much. Our test is tomorrow, so I spent a little bit of time this weekend making a fun review game.

 

Below is just a little bit of a sneak peak! Included in this file are 20 activity/task cards for reviewing US Customary and Metric Conversions, although a few cards deal with selecting the proper estimate  for the length, weight, or capacity of an object. :) Below is a closer look of some of the included cards. :)

 The activity cards included in this pack are self checking.  All you need to do is fold on the dashed line and tape it to the back of the card.  My students LOVE whenever our activity cards are self checking.  However, you can just cut the answers off if you prefer. 

I try to incorporate cooperative learning into my classroom in every subject throughout the day.  So today, I had my students solve the problems on the cards in a Scoot/Move About Fashion with a partner.  However, each partner had to share their answer before flipping the card over and coach/teach each other if they got the problem right and their partner got it wrong.  I heard lots of great discussions/accountable talk today as my students were moving around the classroom.  Woohoo! :)

These cards would also be great as a center, a typical move about/scoot, and as partner of your teacher time during guided math/math workshop.  I have included several different suggestions for the use of these cards in the actual file as well. 

If you would like to check out Crazy for Conversions on Teachers Pay Teachers, click {here} or on any of the pictures in this post! 

I'm off to work on part one of my Spring Graphic Organizers, think bunnies and leprechauns! I WILL have it posted before the first of March. :)

TpT: Capacity Unit

I'm loving this long weekend!  Since we haven't had a snow day this year, I've been feeling just a bit burnt out.  I am so pumped that I can spread out my to do list over three days rather than two. The only bummer is my hubs has had to close all weekend.  However that opened up lots of time for me to work on my newest Teacher's Pay Teacher's Unit all about capacity, both US Customary and Metric. 

I pulled out the templates for my Gallon Girl/Gallon Guy out of the unit for those who were only in need of a capacity conversion aide.  My Gary Gallon/Gallon Man template had seen MUCH better days and my kids LOVE superheroes.  I know they are going to go crazy for these Gallon Guys/Gallon Girls.

Click on the pictures to head to my Teacher's Pay Teachers store to check out my newest items!

My entire capacity unit is on sale for $2, regularly $3, until midnight tomorrow! The Gallon Guy/Gallon Girl craftivity is also on sale for $1, regularly $1.25! I am giving it away to the first TWO people to comment.  Don't forget your email address in your comment!

 

Valentine's Day Recap and a Freebie

I am alive! Sorry about my little absence from the bloggy world.  I just need a break.  This no snow day winter is hard.  By this point of the year, I've at least had a few snow days and those days where you wake up and have nothing on the agenda and productivity is a choice, really get you over those middle of the year blues. 


Thankful a long weekend is upon us and I am pumped.


Additionally, we survived Valentine's Day and I didn't want to run home and take a nap.


So I'll consider our party a success.


Parties typically stress me out.  I always freak out about parties.  Mainly because parents choose to not send in the items until the last minute, causing me to head to the store and purchase everything, only to have way too much food/cups/napkins/etc leftover.  However, I'd rather be safe than sorry when it comes to parties.   Also, I freak out about the lack of structure and how my typically super sweet class literally forgets how to listen during that magical one hour of time.  I freak out about the parents who volunteer. Will they be a hang out by my kid the whole time and not help the class as a whole parent or a jump right in and do whatever is needed to help the party flow smoothly type of parent?  I'll take the section option any day by the way. :)


I did not have a party mom for this party and it was actually the best party party we've had this year, structure wise.  I had the kiddos rotate between four activity centers and then had our snack at the end.  Loved it.  There was an adult to cover each station and we able to get more games in than normal because of the smaller groups making them more manageable.


Station One: Candy Heart Games
Simplest games ever.  I gave each kid a set of chopsticks and set a time for three minutes to see how many hearts they could get off the plate and into a small cup.  Since most of my friends had never used chopsticks before, they loved this fun challenge! Then I set the timer to see how many candy hearts they could stack in a tower in a minute.  I had a word search ready for groups that finished early and this helped the party flow as well!

Station Two: Cartoon Couples Match Up Game
My kids really loved this.  It was challenging enough to keep them engaged but not so hard that lots of friends needed one on one assistance.  Most kiddos buddy up at this center and they really enjoyed sharing their common knowledge about their favorite movies. 

Station Three: Bingo
It's not a party without Bingo!  I love playing Bingo in small groups at parties rather than as a big group so you can answer all the "Is this what you just called?" questions quickly.We used Kristin's bingo and loved it!

 Station Four: Craft
We made a super generic Valentine's Day craft that only required scissors, crayons and clue.  I totally forgot to take a picture of it.  


For snack, we made root beer and coke floats and had some of the various sweet treats that the kiddos sent in.  


Since we've been studying measurement, we also completed a measuring hearts activity during math.  I got the idea from Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten.  Only I had my students measure the lines I drew on the hearts in inches.  They loved it and it was a great formative assessment!

I made the following recording sheet for my kiddos to use.  Click {here} to download a copy to use next year!

I hope you all had great Valentine's Day! :)  Signing of to blog stalk all my friends now!