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Numeration | Math Facts | Estimating | Patterns | Shapes | Problem Solving | Graphing
1. In Kid Pix, have kids
use stamps to show a particular number, then assemble into a SlideShow (1,2,3..
or 10, 20, 30… or 2,4,6… etc.)
2. In Kid Pix Studio, use
stamps to illustrate place value. Assign a number. Kids can use a stamp for
1’s, hold control + stamp to make larger for 10’s, hold shift + control + stamp
to make giant 100’s. In KidPix Deluxe 3, use the size tool to change the sizes
as shown below.
3. MathCar Racing – Points are
awarded based on the difficulty of the problems you choose.
4. Have kids create a ‘flashcard’ slideshow in KidPix. The 1st slide is the problem, the 2nd is the problem with the answer. Check the answers before you use these with other students! To make it more challenging, set the timer for each slide in the slideshow.
5. Tic Tac Toe Squares – Lots of math fact practice
6. A+Math – Flashcards
online.
7. Have students keep track of their speed or number of facts that they know by using a spreadsheet. Their ‘competition’ should only be with themselves. Let them set their own goals and record on their spreadsheet to see how far they’ve come and how far they have yet to go.
8. Math Baseball – Batter up! Play against the computer at your own pace.
9. In Kid Pix, students can use numbers and picture stamps to write number sentences.
10.ChangeMaker – Figure out the correct change
11.Measure It – Measure a red
bar in centimeters or inches.
12.In KidPix – estimate how many of 1 kind of stamp will fit in a large circle or square. Try this on a daily basis and soon students should be fairly accurate.
13.Probability – Spin the spinner, roll the die and more
Fractions
14.Pattern Blocks: Fractions – A Java site to create cool fractions.
15.Practice cutting Kid Pix shapes in half with the cut tool.
16.In Kid Pix, have kids use stamps to show a particular number, then assemble into a SlideShow (1,2,3.. or 10, 20, 30… or 2,4,6… etc.)
17. Global
Grocery List Project – track prices of products in your shopping cart with
similar products around the world.
18.Find Fibonacci sequences (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55...) in the petals of daisies, iris, lilies and asters. Count the rows on pinecones, pineapples and artichokes. Document examples of these numbers by taking pictures with the digital camera.
19.Find other examples of patterns and series. Collect images and create a slideshow or print for a book.
20. Oddball – Which one is different?
21.In Kid Pix, kids can use stamps to create a pattern,
or create a pattern with an error. Can students find it?
or you can use letters and numbers to start a pattern for kids to continue
22.Stamp 20 different objects and save. Have kids use Moving Van or Grab Tool to sort them in some way and use typewriter to label each group.
Shapes/Spatial Orientation/Symmetry/Measurement
23.Assign each student to write and illustrate what they would be doing at a particular time of the day. Assemble into a SlideShow labeled 24 Hours in a Day.
24. A Matter of Time
– Interactive time lessons, activities, print materials
25. In Kid Pix, play Barrier Games. Student creates a picture using outlined shapes, large, medium, and small sizes, placed in varying positions. Print. Color in shapes. Students practice giving and following directions by describing their picture for another student to create on the computer, then comparing pictures.
26.In Kid Pix create a picture using only the circle tool,
or one color,
or using 3 circles, 4 squares, 1 triangle
or have each student add 1 item to a drawing. The picture would be complete when all students have contributed.
27.Money Experience for Kids – 3 great money games
28.Have students take digital
pictures of familiar objects (a chair, the playground, a box of markers). Print
or import into KidPix or any drawing program. If printed, laminate & use
vis a vis markers. If using the computer, make sure they save as a file under
their own name before doing anything on the picture.
Find & trace specific geometric shapes.
Include directions: Find all the triangles. Label the geometric solids in this building.
Trade pictures with other buildings.
Make shape sewing cards by printing out on cardstock, punching holes around the shapes.
Look for more intricate shapes such as pentagons or right triangles.
Draw in lines of symmetry.
Create a slideshow of shapes or circles in our world.
Label and measure the angles in the photos.
Take photos of kids and measure the angles in their knees and elbows.
29.Fun Match – Concentration game at varying levels and difficulties
30.In Kid Pix, draw a large shape and save. Kids can find out how many rabbits (or fish, or suns, etc.) stamps fit around the perimeter. They can record this on a class list. Later, graph this info.
or stamp and count how many fit inside the shape (area).
31.Take a series of pictures showing how to add a column of numbers or extend a pattern or create a graph.
Students can use a "storyboard" to plan their pictures.
Mix pictures and have students sequence them.
Place pictures in KidPix or Powerpoint and add students' voices explaining the process of adding/patterning, etc.
32.Dare to be Square – Create more
squares than the computer. Logic problems.
33.Students can create their own problem stories with KidPix. Have them select a background to print out and use as the ‘setting’ for the story.
34.Arithmetic Activities – Wow! This site will keep kids busy for months!
35.In Kid Pix, set up a Math story problem, and let kids use stamps or draw an illustration for the problem
or illustrate a problem and let them write or record a matching problem,
or have one child illustrate a problem and let a partner create a problem to go with it.
36.Use the line tool and
shift key to create a tic tac toe board. Save. Select 2 stamps for X and O and
play away.
37.Create a checkerboard by using the line tool + shift key and then the paint can to color alternating squares. Save. Select and place 2 kinds of stamps, then use the moving van to play. Fill in empty colored squares with paint can.
38.Create a Graph – Choose a type of graph and create it online
39.Use digital pictures of your students' faces. Transfer the pictures to a word document. Resize each picture to about 1" square. Print on cardstock, cut out, laminate, and add a piece of magnet to the back.
Use for graphing, survey, Venn diagrams.
Label points to teach kids about coordinate graphs.
Use for practicing logic and strategic thinking games, such as NIM games.
40.m&m’s Graphing
– right online!
41.In KidPix Deluxe, select the Brush. Flip through the selections on the bottom of the screen till you find a picture of a die. Select, click on screen. Each time you click your mouse, the die will randomly change. Now, you can use the line tool to create a 6 column graph, save. Kids can record the "rolls" of the die.
42.A list of daily graphing questions
43.Use Jan Brett’s wonderful postcards for a fine graphing activity.
44.Pet Census – What is the most
popular pet in the US?
45.Need a graph grid? Pull out the overhead projector an use a grid you’ve put on a transparency with permanent marker (in case any of your helpers help a little too much!). You can shine this grid on your chalkboard/whiteboard and write away. Kids love to be in the ‘spotlight’!
46.1st Grade Tooth Tally Project 2001 – Doesn’t seem to be running this year, but a good idea to do in your own classroom.