Figure me out

by Chynell EM, Grade 2 Teacher, OH: The thought of planning the first week of school after a summer of iced tea and laying poolside can be daunting. If you scan the Internet, you can find all kinds of back-to-school activities, most of them being common classroom community-building activities. I...

We came back from winter break with a two day week last week. I really wanted to do a review of multiplication concepts, because we had been away from school for twelve days. So I had planned some …

Getting ready to finish out the year in third grade. When I start I want to do a few get to know you type of activities that are meaningful. I was pin-inspired by this activity seen here. So I started by making printables to create a board I could use for years to come…. I …

We came back from winter break with a two day week last week. I really wanted to do a review of multiplication concepts, because we had been away from school for twelve days. So I had planned some …

Check out the original Figure Me Out math activity and learn how you can make this poster with your students. This beginning of the year math activity incorporates numbers (and computation) into a page about students' own lives. Click to read about this fun ice breaker math project that you could easily use for a "who am I" guessing game or bulletin board display for Parent's Night here on Shut the Door and Teach.

Learn how to teach math the first week of school while still getting to know your students and their math abilities. Click to read more on the blog. #4thgrade #elementary #backtoschool

Figure Me Out! "All about me" math activity for beginning of the year or any time of the year!

Check out the original Figure Me Out math activity and learn how you can make this poster with your students. This beginning of the year math activity incorporates numbers (and computation) into a page about students' own lives. Click to read about this fun ice breaker math project that you could easily use for a "who am I" guessing game or bulletin board display for Parent's Night here on Shut the Door and Teach.

Can YOU Figure Me Out?!?! Hands down, this is my favorite end of the year math project! ✨ 1. Students start out by thinking of a bunch of…

We came back from winter break with a two day week last week. I really wanted to do a review of multiplication concepts, because we had been away from school for twelve days. So I had planned some …