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Task 3: Activities involving movement and constructions

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Task 3: Activities involving movement and constructions

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1st grade, 2nd grade
1 week, 2 hours circa

Outdoor, in a wide pitch.
Crosscurricular: Maths, English, P.E.

Each pupil is to be considered a unit of measurement.
The teacher asks the pupils in English to build a shape with their own bodies, giving measures for the sides (for example: build a rectangle with two sides of 4 and two sides of 6).
The children organize themselves in order to build the shape asked as fast as they can

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Task 2: Paper or string activities - Geometrical shapes building

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Task 2: Paper or string activities - Geometrical shapes building

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1st grade, 2nd grade
1 week, four hours circa
Crosscurricular: Maths, English, Art

Materials: cardboard of different colours, pencils, rulers, rubbers, scissors
The pupils cut out stripes of different colours and lenghts to build triangles 8of the three different types), squares, rectangles, rhombus, parallelograms.
Children learn the names of the shapes in L1 and in English
A poster will be created as a final product, with labels in L1 and English

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for virtual galleries
http://www.artsteps.com/

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http://www.surfaquarium.com/MI/profiles/index.htm

https://naturalmath.com/2013/10/6-big-adventures-in-street-math/

http://creativestarlearning.co.uk/c/maths-outdoors/

http://www.educationsupplies.co.uk/classroom-ideas/7-fun-ideas-for-outdoor-maths

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/video/g/video_tcm4665300.asp

http://www.countrysideclassroom.org.uk/resources/689

Origami
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/why-origami-improves-students-skills-ainissa-ramirez

Fractions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9QBH-nvLgY

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http://www.surfaquarium.com/MI/inventory.htm

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Task 1: Outdoor activities - Geometry around us

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Task 1: Outdoor activities - Geometry around us

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1st grade, 2nd grade
3 weeks, 15 hours circa
Crosscurricular: Maths, English, Art, ICT.
Draft for a short  eTwinning project (or part of a long one).

Task: In your way home from school (or viceversa) find geometrical shapes around you and take pictures
In class: "The shape hunt":  the teacher prints/show the pictures on the IWB, the pupils look for the shapes and draw them on the pictures/on the IWB themselves.

Shape drawing with Paint, drawings on sheets, coloured cardboards
Shape building with straws

Poster on cardboard/virtual poster with all the pics and drawings

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https://live.etwinning.net/projects/project/137211

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Jots for the final task - Multiplications table

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Jots for the final task - Multiplications table

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2nd graders
Whole school  year
Use of English - CLIL activities

K A "Bandierina"
KV "Multiplication High fives" stroll in the school hallway
KAV interactive games on the IWB "Pianeta verde" http://www.giochi-free.it/didattici/il-pianeta-verde
KAV Grouping (groups of 2, 3, 4 and so on)
AV Songs about the MT: Tabelline canterine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2gZrMQS9rA

Worksheets with multiplication tables completion: Lego bricks of different shapes and colours and coloured bottle caps for counting and grouping
http://www.lannaronca.it/schede%20matematica%20seconda%20p.htm#Moltiplicazione

Jumping answers: the teacher ask the result of a multiplication, the children answer by jumping (2x3= 6 jumps)

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I'm a primary school teacher in Italy, I work in a town in Sardinia, an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.
I love teaching Maths through english and games, so I really appreciate the approach of Irina....and my children do!

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We love to play math games around here and these multiplication games have been used over and over again in our house. I first shared the idea of Multiplication High Fives here, then decided to take it to the next level and create a downloadable multiplication chart and High Five template. This method has been so effective in getting math facts to stick for my kids. I hope you'll find it useful as well.

High Five Math Games use Whole Body Learning to engage the brain in understanding and retaining concepts paired with movement. Watch the video to see the games we play with High Five Multiplication, then download the printable pdf file.

How to Play Multiplication High Fives

1. Download the multiplication chart and the High Fives template (below). Print out as many copies as you need. You can print left hands or right hands, depending on your child's dominant hand.

Money saving tip: I hate spending so much money on color printer ink cartridges so I print most things in black and white onto colored paper. A package of colored paper is a fraction of the cost of color ink cartridges. This is the paper I used.

2. Have your child use the chart to write each multiplication equation onto the High Fives and cut each page in half to separate the hands. We use this tape to attach the High Fives to walls and doors without ruining the paint and, wow, does Amazon have a much better price on that tape than my local big box stores!

3. Get ready to play! Kids can High Five every time they go up the stairs, out the door, or wherever you see the opportunity in your home for frequent practice. Once they master a set of numbers, move on to the next set.

Download the pdf file:

Click here to download the pdf file: Multiplication High Fives packet.

More fun math games using Whole Body Learning:

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Multiplication Games ~ Learn Times Tables While You Move | Creekside Learning

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This post may contain affiliate links. We love to play math games around here and these multiplication games have been used over and over again in our house. I first shared the idea of Multiplication High Fives here, then decided to take it to the next level and create a downloadable multiplication chart and High Five template.