Intro to Fractions: PowerPoint & Worksheet

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

Many teachers have heard of the Hershey’s Chocolate Bar book that introduces fractions. Sometimes teachers don’t have space in their room to have the kids sit on the floor when you read a book (I was one of those teachers). But I had a doc camera and a projector! I made a PowerPoint that works in conjunction with the book to introduce fractions. I also used different colored leaves from outside on our school grounds and had kids use the color of the leaves to make fractions.

Click here to get this stuff: PowerPoint & Worksheet

*2021 UPDATE: GoogleDocs has updated some things that have made it hard to share some of my oldest files. I’m trying my best to go through this blog and re-upload my oldest files, but I haven’t gotten to all of them yet. Thanks for your patience.

Game Board: Vine Spiral

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

This classic game board can be used in pretty much any content area. Click here for review game ideas I love to use in my classroom to review any content area.

Click here for the free printable PDF: Vines Gameboard PDF

Game Board: Stepping Stones

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

Game Board: Stripes

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

If you wanted to add some more pizzaz to this game board, you could assign a specific space (red with white dots) an extra special property. Maybe landing on the space means you can roll again, etc.

To get this game board, just right-click, “save as” and save this image to your computer. Resize the image to fit the paper you’re printing it on. Ta-da!

Game Board: Snow Swirl

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

Maybe you want to change things up for the winter. Throw this new game board into the mix and get some last minute review in before the holiday break!

To get this game board, just right-click, “save as” and save this image to your computer. Resize the image to fit the paper you’re printing it on. Ta-da!

Game Board: Shark (Math)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

This one has space for you to write in directions for your game. To get this game board, just right-click, “save as” and save this image to your computer. Resize the image to fit the paper you’re printing it on. Ta-da!

Game Board: Math Monkey!

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

This one’s cute. A bit casual, this has been a successful game board for practicing math. I use questions from previous math benchmark tests (distributed by our district) to make sure my students won’t forget what we’ve already learned. Here’s one way to play: If you answer the math question correctly, you get to roll the die to see how many spaces it was worth. If you get it wrong, you don’t get to roll.

To get this game board, just right-click, “save as” and save this image to your computer. Resize the image to fit the paper you’re printing it on. Ta-da!

Game Board: Hearts (Math)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Squarehead Teachers

We heart math practice! To get this game board, just right-click, “save as” and save this image to your computer. Resize the image to fit the paper you’re printing it on. Ta-da!