March Mathness

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Get your brackets ready! March Mathness is on its way!

Download the March Mathness PowerPoint on TeachShareNet's Teacher's Pay Teachers page.

Here's how it works:

• Every day, two "teams" (math word problems) will go head-to-head.
• The team with the most points (the math problem with the largest answer) will move on to the next round.
• Teams (math problems) will keep advancing through the bracket until a winner is declared.

These math problems were intended for 3rd grade students, but they could still easily work for 4th and 5th grade students.

Teacher Input:

I did this as a warm-up with my 3rd grade students in March, 2017. They absolutely loved it! I replaced our regular math warm-up problems with this, so it did not take much extra time into our day.  While students were getting ready for math, they were excited to see what the problem would be. There was instant engagement!

Future Updates?

Teachers are always reflecting and looking for ways to improve.  I already have a few ideas in mind for a future update.  Depending on the feedback, I'm thinking about making some future updates to the slides. Perhaps each "division" will be its own math operation problem? Also, instead of having the same problem in the next round, making an adjustment to that round. For example, if the LeBron James winning problem moves on, the next problem will include a new problem about LeBron James statistics.

Lesson Plan & Scavenger Hunt: Landforms

This lesson was originally used with lesson 1.4 of "Social Studies Alive!" but can be used with any Social Studies program.  Scavenger Hunt materials can be located on our Teachers Pay Teachers Page!

Subject: Social Studies

Grade: 5^th

Title: Landforms Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Integration of Learning Outcomes

· Students will be able to define geographic terms for water and landforms by completing a graphic organizer.

· Students will be able to notice the differences between certain landforms and bodies of water by using an interactive Power Point.

· Students will be able to act out or draw geographic terms relating to water and landforms with a partner.

Standards

· 7.1.5.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features.

· 7.2.5.A: Describe the characteristics of places and regions.

· E05.B-V.4: Vocabulary acquisition and use

· R5.A.1.1.1: Identify and/or interpret meaning of multiple-meaning words used in text.

Lesson Plan & Presentation: Narrative Leads

The following presentation is a combination of a lesson plan and a Power Point presentation to display to the class. The presentation covers the different types of leads to use for narrative writing.