The Buzzy Teacher: 2015

Addition and Subtraction Math Facts

I'm realizing more and more each day how much my students struggle with the simplest of math facts. Even though they are third graders learning multiplication and division, they still struggle with their addition and subtraction facts up to 20. I've decided to take a step backwards with my math talks to support them with these skills (more on that in a future post) and also assess them on their math facts.

Since I'm taking my first sick day all year, I decided to sit on the sofa, soak up some Netflix, and create a series of addition and subtraction math fact assessments. I decided to focus of 6 sub areas:

+/- One. . . I know, 3rd grade, right? Hey, some of them still struggle
Doubles
Doubles and Neighbors
Fast Tens
Fast Nines
Other Facts to 20

Knowing that some of my students might just struggle with the addition or just the subtraction, I created three different set ups. One has both addition and subtraction, one with just addition, and one just subtraction. Hopefully these will help me gain some more assessment data.

Addition and Subtraction of Doubles and Neighbors

If you're interested in them, feel free to check them out on my TpT page.

And Math Anchor Charts, too!

In math, my third graders have been working on a variety of multiplication and division concepts including fractions. These are my anchor charts from my previous units (including one from multiple digit subtraction.)

I'll post my charts from our new unit on area and perimeter soon.

ELA Anchor Charts

I've been playing around with ways to layout and design my anchor charts. First off, I can't stand to have a messy anchor chart. My guess is that it comes from my background in interior and graphic design. Secondly, my students are in their "it's almost spring break slump" and I'll do anything to get their attention.

Our current reading and writing unit is Research (information) Reading and Writing. I decided to add a bit more color to my latest charts.