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Math in Unexpected Spaces - Malke Rosenfeld

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K to 4
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Explore and discover math in the world around you using ideas from this creative blog. Think about math through the eyes of the author as she points out the discovery ...more
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Explore and discover math in the world around you using ideas from this creative blog. Think about math through the eyes of the author as she points out the discovery of math in everyday places and events such as the movement of children and murals created from circular doodles.

tag(s): addition (128), division (98), geometric shapes (136), logic (164), multiplication (122), number sense (70), numbers (119), origami (15), patterns (64), problem solving (226), substitutes (27)

In the Classroom

Subscribe to this blog to explore creative ways for finding math in your everyday life and that of your students. Challenge your students to create their own "everyday math" videos and/or activities to share with the class using FlexClip, reviewed here. Share the videos using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here. Have a Math Fun Day and share the videos and activities. If able, invite parents in to participate. Extend student learning and enhance student interest in math by sharing your findings of math in the everyday world. Use Flip, reviewed here as a starting point to involve students and encouraging them to share their examples of math around them. Start with a prompt asking student to share pictures of objects that include math and discuss the math concept involved.

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