Work Stations

If you know me even a little or follow my blog at all, it’s easy to see that I LOVE all things Halloween {except for the candy…isn’t that weird?!?!?}.

{{{BUT}}}

…we all know that Halloween makes the kiddos go loopy: costumes, parades, and candy, OH MY!

Yesterday I focused on my Halloween survival tips using hands-on science resources & activities. Today, I’m dishing out some AWESOME Halloween math goodies, both created by myself and other TPT FAVES that are absolute LIFESAVERS {in fact, my kiddos are STILL working on some of the resources below because they love them so much!}

Is teaching factors HAUNTING you? Never fear….“Frightful Factors” are here! Engage your students in hands-on craftivities, games, & practice pages to increase your students’ skills and comfort level with identifying & comparing factors…all while having fun & being CREATIVE! Click through the slideshow below for a great preview of the teacher resources and instructions included in “Frightful Factors!”

RESOURCES INCLUDE:-Teacher notes & instructions-Student notes & instructions-Annotated examples of finished products-Student skills practice pages-Template for creating tracers to use with construction paper or to print & color

CRAFT-IVITIES INCLUDED:

-Gone BATTY for Factors-FRANKEN-Factors-”Fear FACTOR Spiders-Factor ‘Dem BONES

CRAFT-IVITIES with GAMES INCLUDED:

-I “Vant” Factor Fangs

-“Which Witch” Factor Wins?

I hope this engaging, hands-on Halloween math craftivity & practice page set brings you & your students as much fun & learning as it did mine! In our class, based on student ability and independence levels, students engage with Frightful Factors as independent workstation activities, extensions to small group instruction, and even as 1:1 or small group lessons. It’s totally up to you based on preference and student need.

For each “frightful” character, students will complete a factor activity page where they create a 2-digit {or higher} number by rolling dice, turning over playing cards, or using a number spinner. After the activity page is completed, students choose the problem with the MOST FACTOR PAIRS to illustrate via the coordinating craftivity provided. For finding & comparing LEAST common factor & GREATEST common factor, students play a simple game to accompany their activity page & craftivity.

For each craftivity, you & your students have multiple choices for how to complete the character craft. For BEST results, follow the instructions for creating TRACERS from the master copies & making the character out of construction paper. This looks most vibrant, & crayons work best on the construction paper, rather than on top of other crayon layers. However…let’s be real…often we don’t have time to do such an involved craftivity during math. When that’s the case, simply duplicate the master copy & allow students to color & cut out for the craft.

While this product was created for my 4th grade classroom & meets Common Core Standard CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.B.4, it incorporates skills for basic multiplication facts in 3rd grade & can include products larger than 2-digits to make finding factors more applicable for older students (5th grade & older).

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It’s no secret that I have {{{MEGA}}} teacher crushes on Kristine Nannini & Teaching with a Mountain View. I’m talking straight.up.teacher.LOVE. I’m pretty darn “choosey” when it comes to buying teacher resources, whether from TPT or elsewhere. These two ladies are TOP NOTCH.

EVERY SINGLE THING I’ve EVER purchased from them {and it’s QUITE a lot at this point} is just of impeccable quality, and their Halloween goodies are NO exception!!! My kiddos ATE UP the two resources below and loved them so much they wouldn’t let me put them away on Monday, even though Halloween is over. I caved {I mean, compromised} and said they could continue the fun through this week to finish up anything they didn’t previously have a chance to work on from the resources.

Kristine Nannini is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE TPT sellers. From her Common Core assessments, to data tracking, to coordinate graphing…and on and on and on…her products are amazing.

My kids LOVE these centers because they are fun, festive, and provide a variety of different skills to practice, so they NEVER get bored. I love them, because they are print-and-go, review lots of skills, and are simple enough for the kids to use so that they may be independently practicing with them while I manage small guided math groups. Speaking of guided math groups….if certain students aren’t quite ready to complete these activities on their own, I use the activities in the set for small guided lessons and/or practice activities in response to a lesson I’ve just delivered in small group.

Regardless of how I’ve used them, they are a HIT and are super effective! This resource has so many different spiral review skills at various levels provided, that differentiation is at your fingertips and nearly INVISIBLE, because while it may LOOK like students are working on the same tasks (for example, the color-by-answer sheets below…which the kids LOVE) they may actually be practicing sheltered to advanced levels of skills just using activity pages that look the same. This is PRICELESS and allows all students to engage in these fun, hands-on Halloween activities!

Growing up, I really disliked math at school…..however, I always LOVED activities and projects at home that USED math {cooking with my mom & construction projects with my dad}. The key was USING the math in a real-world application. Now, math is one of my FAVORITE subjects to teach, and while we do have targeted lessons and work stations, I {{LOVE}} it most because of the applied math projects we do.

Teaching with a Mountain View (TWMV) is THE MASTER at the most amazing math projects!! Seriously, I think I have purchased nearly EVERY SINGLE math project offered in the TWMV shop. I DIE over how cool these are, and so do my kids. They will work SO HARD through our targeted mini-lessons during guided math, knowing that they need to know those skills to apply them to the math projects. It’s amazing. Some TWMV projects focus specifically on one skill, like multiplication. Others, like the Mathematical Monster Mash, offer a wide variety of math skills application tasks that make the projects perpetually fun and challenging. I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THESE. Seriously, I want to crack open the brain of TWMV and steal it for my own {too creepy?!?!}. See a sneak peek of the Halloween project below also a glimpse at my kiddos in action with the projects.