Hello teacher friends! I am Amber from TGIF, and my favorite
subject to teach is third grade math. I think I love it so much because
when I was in third grade, I struggled to pass all my timed multiplication
facts, so I really enjoy working with those kiddos who struggle like I did.
I love seeing their confidence grow!
We have been
enjoying incorporating fall into our math activities in my third grade
classroom, specifically candy corn! Honestly, I really don't love the
taste of candy corn, but I love how cute it is and how it represents the
season.
I wanted to
quickly review some previous topics and candy corn just makes the most tasty
greater than and less than symbol. You can throw just about any math
topic in the activity that suits your classroom. Here are some step by
step pictures of what we completed in my classroom.
First, my students
used scrap recycled paper and we folded the paper in eighths. Then, they
used a marker to draw 3 horizontal lines and add 4 larger circles down the vertical
fold. Next, I wrote down some math problems, and they copied it on their
sheet.
I then passed out
6 candy corn to each student. (We
are a peanut free school and the candy corn I bought was processed in a peanut free plant. Score!) I allowed them to eat two now. (I mean seriously, who can wait that long?) I asked them to place the other 4 in the circles. We quickly reviewed greater than and less than symbols. I drew a candy corn on the board and showed them how the shape was similar to these symbols.
are a peanut free school and the candy corn I bought was processed in a peanut free plant. Score!) I allowed them to eat two now. (I mean seriously, who can wait that long?) I asked them to place the other 4 in the circles. We quickly reviewed greater than and less than symbols. I drew a candy corn on the board and showed them how the shape was similar to these symbols.
They then
completed the problems and turned their "candy corn symbols" as they
completed each one. I walk around the room checking problems as they
work. If they correctly answered, I put a star by the candy corn.
The students then had to draw in their greater than or less than symbol
before they could eat the candy corn.
Simple, yet
effective!
Another math topic
that my students have struggled with a bit the past two years is math
vocabulary. I decided we could turn that into candy corn too (but not the
edible kind this time). We are into multiplication right now and words
like distributive property, factors, products, identity property and arrays
were a giant ocean of words and my students were drowning in them! I made
these cute matching vocabulary, example and definition candy corn cards for my
students. I have also made it a FREEBIE for my third grade teacher friends! <<< Click here. They would be great as centers
too!
I only introduce four new words at a time. We work on them several days in a row before
adding 4 more new words. There are 12 total vocabulary candy corn for you to use in your classroom for free!
As you can see in the pictures, I have my students color the candy
corn, cut them out and, then stamp them, put stickers on them or add symbols to
the back of the 3 sections. This makes
the cards self-checking and sometimes I will assign it as homework rather than
assigning a worksheet. It takes a bit
more time to make the cards self-checking but it is SOOOOO WORTH it in the
end. My students have become more fluent
in their math vocabulary and, they are using it in their math responses! YAY!
If you are in need of more multiplication vocabulary resources,
check out this Multiplication Vocabulary resource.
Another fast activity I used in my math centers this fall was this
FREE candy corn color
by code multiplication practice from Live Laugh Math. I allowed small groups to work together since we are still learning some of our facts. Those larger facts can be tricky!
by code multiplication practice from Live Laugh Math. I allowed small groups to work together since we are still learning some of our facts. Those larger facts can be tricky!
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