St. Patricks Day Spanish Math Word Problems

Once again I created some additional math resources I use with my students to address common core standards but with a St. Patricks day theme. These are addition and subtraction word problems for students to solve using pictures, tally marks and number sentences. Meets common core standards for operations and algebraic thinking. All in Spanish of course. There are a total of 12 word problems.

 They are available at my tpt store http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Themed-Spanish-Word-Problems,

Spanish Math Word Problems

Here are some additional math resources I use with my students to address common core standards. These are addition and subtraction word problems for students to solve using pictures, tally marks and number sentences. Meets common core standards for number and operations in base ten as well as operations and algebraic thinking. All in Spanish ofcourse.

They are available for download at my tpt store http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Common-Core-Aligned-Spanish-Math-Word-Problems-for-Students

Common Core Aligned Spanish Valentine Math Prompts

Here are some new common core aligned math word problems in Spanish. There are a total of 11 prompts. I use these during the beginning of the month of February.  If you do one a day beginning on the first you could be done with them by Valentines.

 I always start by modeling for them how to illustrate the problem, how to write out a word problem and in the end how to explain their thinking. I gradually move them into doing these independently as an end of unit journal prompt.

You can download these at my tpt store http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spanish-Valentine-Math-Word-Problems-Aligned-to-Common-Core

Daily Calendar Work in Spanish

This is a simple page I use with my students to teach them how to read the calendar as well as how to use tally marks, base ten blocks and learn about place value. After modeling for my students a couple of times and then guiding them through it they are now able to do it independently. I place the blank copies at the entrance of our class and right after lunch as they walk in they grab a sheet and begin to work on it while I prep our math lesson. It takes them about five to ten minutes to complete. The great thing about it is that by the time I start to teach place value or base ten blocks my students are already familiar with it. Just in case your wondering it is aligned to common core.

 You can purchase this at my TPT store just click on the link
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Common-Core-Aligned-Daily-Calendar-Work-in-Spanish

Christmas Themed Math Word Problems aligned to Common Core

Yes! I finally finished these Christmas themed word problems to meet operations and algebraic thinking common core standards. We do a word problem journal prompt at the end of each math unit, but I wanted to try some on a daily basis or even as a math center. So I looked at the standard and came up with these word problems in Spanish. There are a total of 11 prompts. If you start on the last week of Nov. you could do one prompt a day and be done by the time you go on vacation.

You can find these at my http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Spanish-Math-Word-Problems-Aligned-to-Common-Core-427084

Technology in the Classroom

I found some great free websites at the end of last school year and they worked really great in my class. I decided to start them at the beginning of the school year with my new class...not being too sure if my students would be able to handle it?! Can you believe I actually thought that?  Kids now a days have IPads and IPods since pre-k!  LOL! So here are a few of the websites I use in my classroom for free.....did I mention that they are free?
  The first site is http://www.wegivebooks.org/ It's a site where you combine the joy of reading with the power of helping others. We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online. As a teacher you choose a campaign to support, like Todos a Leer,  read a free children's book online today and help donate new storybooks to thousands of children throughout the state of Jalisco in Mexico.

  I taught my students to select the tab All Books and age range of 4-7 of any type of book at the main selection. You can specify from 8-10 or teen and even select by author.
My students love to read these books.  I was able to check out four mini-laptops from my school to keep in my classroom....so I just log them in and keep them all on that page. There's a quick sign up at the beginning but after that the access if very easy. I have all four laptops signed in at the same time with only one account. Not only are my students reading but we are helping get books into the hands of needy children.

Another website I use on a daily basis in my class is https://www.xtramath.org/.  This is a web based program that helps kids master basic math facts. This program can be used in the classroom as well as at home. Once you sign up and create your classroom a pin code is also created for the parents so that if they choose they can use it at home as well.

I get a weekly report of how my students are doing. The goal is to reach 100 addition facts mastery. Addition because that's where I started my class. You can select addition and subtraction up to division even beginning algebra. Again, the most important thing is it's free. My students love to go to the computer and beat the teacher at a timed fact exercise, they seem to forget that they are learning.

If you use technology in your classroom please post here what website you use. I would love to continue to expose my students to all the available learning opportunities that are out there.