Google Jamboard
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Subtracting a Negative – Why it Becomes Addition
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Base 10 Blocks on Jamboard for Subtraction
This post provides access to and details about a Google Jamboard with scaffolded background to support multi-digit subtraction with regrouping. The Jamboard The Jamboard has images of basic base 10 blocks. The background provides side by side tables for numbers and for blocks. Additional blocks are set aside for regrouping. Here is a FB Reel…
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Introduction to Perimeter and Area
This post provides a conceptual approach to understanding perimeter and area. Overview Students are prompted to build an rectangular animal pen for some farm animals. The number of fences represents the perimeter. The number of squared segments of grass inside the pen represents the area. Google Jamboard The slides are presented below. This video shows…
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Base 10 Chart for Multiplication
Base 10 blocks are a go to representation for place value. They are also easy to implement for addition or subtraction with place. With a group model, they are useful for multiplication and division. It is harder to model multiplication of multi-digit numbers with regrouping. This post presents a Google Jamboard with base 10 blocks…
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Fraction Multiplication with Cookies
Fractions are challenging. Multiplying fractions is really challenging! This post presents a Google Jamboard to introduce students to the concept of multiplication of fractions. Overview The artifact is chunked to incrementally move from multiplication of whole numbers to whole number and fraction to multiplication of fractions. The representation of multiplication as number of objects in…
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Individualized Base 10 Blocks
Students who struggle with number sense, such as place value, struggle with subsequent math content. Connecting place value to prior knowledge or an area of interest can be an entry point to making place value accessible. This post shows how a student interest (horses) can be leveraged to present place value in a more accessible…
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Power Rules on a Google Jamboard
Exponents and Basic exponent rules are challenging. The Power Rules add another layer of challenge. This post outlines an instructional approach. The original problem is decomposed and then recomposed to show how the underlying concepts of the Power and Power of a Product Rules. Overview The Jamboard is configured in similar fashion as the Jamboard…
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Exponent Rules with Jamboard
The Product and Quotient Rules are challenging largely because there are few ways to present them in an accessible format. This post outlines an approach using manipulatives on a Google Jamboard. Jamboard The Jamboard activity involves using moveable variables as manipulatives to provide a hands on approach to learning the rules. The first slide presents…
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Intro to Google Jamboards
Visuals and manipulatives allow for a multi-sensory approach to presenting math topics. Google Jamboard makes implementation of both relatively easy and is effective. Current Jamboard Here is an image of Jamboard used to guide multiplication by a 2-digit factor. Creation of the Jamboard Below is a step by step visual guide on how I created…
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Introduction to Adding Integers
Operations on integers and integers in general is challenging for many students. Negative numbers are abstract. Whole numbers and fractions can be represented with images. The activity presented draws upon student prior knowledge of thumbs up and down in a vote to make negative more accessible. The following images are from a Jamboard. Here are…