Great Math Review Website

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

My husband is reviewing math concepts to prepare him for a test at work. Lots of these concepts are things he hasn’t used since high school (or way before that!)… like exponents, dividing fractions and algebraic equations. In our review of these topics, I found a great website that has really clear reviews for math concepts. For example, we typed in “dividing fractions” and it brought up this great refresher that only took a few seconds to learn from:

$review of dividing fractions$

It also had a little moving picture to show what you do. This is a great site for anyone who needs a quick refresher for math (like when your kids ask you for help and you can’t for the life of you remember what to do!). 🙂

Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 16

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations:

Station 16

Title: GO DOG. GO!

Skills: GROSS MOTOR, AGILITY, CARDIO FITNESS

Description: K-1^ST GRADE: TAG AND DROP TAG

2ND-5^TH GRADES: FASTEST TAG IN THE WEST

(IF A 2ND GRADE CLASS SAYS THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY FASTEST TAG IN THE WEST YOU CAN HAVE THEM PLAY TAG AND DROP TAG.)

FASTEST TAG IN THE WEST- EVERYONE IS IT

TAG AND DROP TAG- GIVE 4 STUDENTS BEAN BAGS TO TAG WITH.

TAG AND DROP TAG K-2

WHEN A STUDENT WITH A BEAN BAG TAGS ANOTHER STUDENT THEY DROP THE BEAN BAG. THE STUDENT WHO WAS TAGGED PICKS UP THE BEAN BAG AND BECOMES IT.

FASTEST TAG IN THE WEST 2-5 (IF 2 SAYS THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY THEY CAN. IF NOT HAVE THEM PLAY TAG AND DROP TAG) EVERY ONE IS IT WHEN STUDENTS GET TAGGED THEY GO DOWN ON 1 KNEE AND WATCH THE PERSON WHO TAGGED THEM WHEN THAT PERSON GETS TAGGED THEY CAN GET UP AND THEY ARE BACK IN THE GAME IF BOTH STUDENT TAG AT THE SAME TIME THEY ROCK PAPER SCISSORS TO SEE WHO GOES DOWN. PLAY UNTIL TIME TO GO IF EVERY ONE HAS BEEN DOWN FOR A WHILE AND YOU HAVE 3 OR 4 OF THE SAME STUDENTS STILL UP YOU CAN CALL EVERY ONE UP AND THEY ALL JOIN BACK IN.

Teacher Memes/Cartoons- 9

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Don’t we just love standardized testing…

Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 14

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations:

Station 14

Title: Horton Hatches the Egg

Skills: Balance, gross motor, fine motor, hand/eye coordination

Description: Divide class into 4 to 6 teams

Pre-K and K can use scoops

1-5^th can use paddles

On go, Horton (students) carry a plastic egg on their paddle. Go around the cones over the hurdles across the logs around the cone and back and passes the paddle and egg to next team member. If their egg drops they must stop and pick it up and start from where they stopped they continue until time is up see how many trips their team can make.

Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 13

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations:

Station 13

Title: I WISH I HAD DUCK FEET

Skills: GROSS MOTOR AND BALANCE

Description: DIVIDE CLASS INTO SIX TEAMS LINE UP BEHIND STARTING LINE. HAVE 1ST STUDENT GET INTO POTATO SACK ON GO STUDENTS MUST (HOP) SACK RACE DOWN AROUND THE CONES AND BACK. THIS RACE ENDS. THEN THE NEXT GROUP RACES. (THIS WAY STUDENTS ARE NOT TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE SACKS QUICKLY AND ACCIDENTALLY RIPPING THE SACKS)

Teacher Memes/Cartoons- 5

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 12

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations:

Station 12

Title: The Lorax vs. The Once-lers”

Skills: agility, gross motor

Description: Scatter at least 40 Frisbees (representing the Truffula Trees) inside the playing area (white square) with half of the Frisbees lying top side up and half of the Frisbees lying bottom side up(looks like a bowl) up. In this event there are 2 groups the Lorax (representing Truffula Trees getting planted or picked up) and the Once-lers (representing Truffula Trees getting chopped or knocked down). One group will wear pinnies to distinguish between the two groups. On the signal to begin, the Once-lers job will be to flip each Frisbees that is lying top side up over to look like a bowl and the Lorax’s job will be to flip each Frisbees up (so it does not look like a bowl. They will run from Frisbees to Frisbees to do their jobs. Volunteers will stop play after 1 minute to change how they are moving. For example, after the first minute they will walk backwards, and after the second minute is up they will skip. The volunteers should then change the student’s job with the Lorax (up) now becoming a Once-ler (down). Let them run again, then hop, and slide. This event will continue until time has been called.
**Note: Do not allow students to use their feet to kick over Frisbees. Only hands may be used to flip the Frisbees over and put them up.

Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 11

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations: