Tuesday, February 25, 2014

SMART Board™ Magic with Math Manipulatives (Grades 1-6)

Elementary teachers interested in some SMART math interactive math lessons, check out the following:

Green Lake Math Conference SMARTBoard Elementary Pre-Conference Session

Click on the 2014 Pre-Conference Program link and look for the SMART Board™ Magic with Math Manipulatives (Grades 1-6) conference.

Here is the description:

Learn to make your math lessons more visual, understandable and interactive by using manipulatives along with your SMART Board™ and SMART Notebook™ 11 software. Join our hands-on workshop and bridge the gap between kinesthetic and virtual activities. Leave with lessons and materials that highlight grade 1-6 CCSSM with emphasis on the Standards for Mathematical Practice. This full-day workshop with a focus on the use of manipulatives, both real and virtual, to make connections and ground justifications in concrete models.
Note: Manipulatives will be provided for participants by ETA hand2mind. Please bring your own laptop, if available, a jump drive and access to your electronic textbooks.

Questions on the Green Lake Math Conference......call me at x1585!

Monday, February 3, 2014

How to use the Activity Builder for matching and sorting!

The following link takes you to a tutorial on the Activity Builder.    Activity Builder allows you to create sorting, matching and categorization activities quickly and easily!!!




 Activity Builder Tutorial



If this site doesn't help you enough, do a Youtube search for Activity Builder and there are several great videos available to help you!