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Pinterest Board for classroom.

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https://www.pinterest.com/shaquettasmith9/different-ways-to-do-math/

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Learn fifth grade math skills for free! Choose from hundreds of topics including fractions, decimals, order of operations, graphing, and more. Start now!

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Remember the game you used to play as a kid when you got bored at restaurants? You'd make a grid of 100 (or so) dots on a napkin and each person would get to draw a line to connect 2 dots on his or her turn. When you drew a line that closed a square, you got to write your first initial in the square to show that you had "captured" it. The goal was to be the person who had captured the most squares once all the dots were connected.

I played that game a lot as a kid. It was such a simple game, but it was fun and it had a lot of strategy to it (I mostly played with my younger brother, so I may have particularly enjoyed the fact that I had the upper hand in the strategy). So when I was trying to come up with a new, minimal prep math center for practicing multiplication facts, I decided to try to "mathify" the squares game. I find that it's easy to invest kids when I'm simply introducing a twist on a game that they're already familiar with and enjoy, so this seemed like a no-brainer.
Here's how my "mathified" version works:
2. Print out the game board. The game board contains 100 squares with the products of any two numbers that can be rolled with two dice (i.e. 1 x 6, 2 x 4, 3 x 5, etc).

3. Grab two dice and a different colored marker for each player.

4. During a player's turn, he/she rolls both dice and multiplies the two numbers showing on the dice. The player looks for the product on the board and draws a line to connect any two dots that form part of the square around that product. Since each product appears multiple times on the board, the player can be very strategic about where he/she draws a line.

5. When a player draws a line that closes a square, that player gets to color in the square with his/her marker. That player rolls the dice again and takes another turn.

6. When all of the dots have been connected, the player with the most squares colored in wins!

Did your students enjoy playing this game? We'd LOVE it if you'd share one of these images on social or leave a comment in the space below!

Check out our Multiplication Squares Games Pack in our store! The full version includes games for practicing each multiplication fact through 12 individually, plus games for practicing all facts 10 x 10 and 12 x 12!
Looking for more 'Squares' games to practice math skills? Check out these full sets of 'Squares' games in our store!

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Remember the game you used to play as a kid when you got bored at restaurants? You'd make a grid of 100 (or so) dots on a napkin and each person would get to draw a line to connect 2 dots on his or her turn.

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ERIC - The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education., 1993

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This collection of 18 essays and interviews documents the unique approach to early childhood education taken by schools in the Reggio Emilia region of Northern Italy for the last 30 years. The book is divided into four major parts. Part I includes an introduction by Carolyn Edwards and others, and the essay, "What Can We Learn From Reggio Emilia?"

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Make these simple sensory bottles as a hands-on manipulative to talk about the weather. Great for circle time!

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Online preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten for kids 2-6. Learn more at www.ABCmouse.com! #ABCmouse

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25 Study Infographs With Tips and Tricks To Help You Get Good Grades

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The month of December should ideally be filled with festive cheer as you get ready to spend the holidays with your family and friends. Unfortunately, if you’re 

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http://pbskids.org/http://pbskids.org/

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Educational games and videos from Curious George, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows!

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Definitions, explanations and examples of commonly confused words in the English language.

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Crafting Connections: Anchors Away Monday {7.21.14}  Possessives

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Apostrophe in Possessives Anchor Chart- Singular vs. Plural

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Inside: Download this inspirational free printable perfect for the classroom!
When I think back on my childhood I realize there are two primary influences in my life:

My parents and my teachers.

My mom and dad are awesome; they've always cheered me on no matter what I've chosen and they made me feel like I could do whatever I wanted. Of course having such great support was amazing, but I sometimes doubted them, since they were in fact my parents. I mean, parents are required to cheer their kids on, right?

But my teachers were different. They weren't related to me. They didn't have to tell me that they believed in me. They didn't have to propel me forward on my path.

And yet they did.

Over and over again I had teacher after teacher give encouraging words that have lasted in my memories all these years later.

I am so grateful to them. I honestly don't think many of my teachers realize how much they have changed my life with the way they speak to and with me.

But they did change my life; they change countless student's lives. And in honor of all those special teachers who have lead me down the path of success I dedicate this post them.

And I believe Nelson Mandela said it best in this quote:

Free Printable Classroom Quote

So thank you to all of the dedicated, hard working and life changing teachers out there! You are seriously the best and you help change the future one child at a time.

I hope this free printable classroom quote will help remind all teachers just how important the work they do is.
Click here to download this Nelson Mandela printable quote as an 8″x10″ (without the watermark).
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The One Free Printable Every Teacher Needs In Their Classroom

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Inside: Download this inspirational free printable perfect for the classroom! When I think back on my childhood I realize there are two primary influences in my life: My parents and my teachers. My mom and dad are awesome; they've always cheered me on no matter what I've chosen and they made me feel like I could do whatever I wanted.

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-JC