Math Centers

Each morning from 8:30-9 AM students work in math centers on various skills. Different math strategies are covered in each center and students rotate through the five centers, one each day. Math centers are differentiated to meet different student skills. They can be independent or group activities but students know that no matter what they can ask one another for help and work together if they want to. The centers are usually run for 2 weeks so that students have time to work towards mastering the skill and could be extended if students need more time to work. 

Geometry and Measurement: Symmetry Sort; Students cut out a variety of shapes, draw lines of symmetry (if there are any) and sort them into a t-chart of symmetrical and non-symmetrical shapes.

Numbers and Operations:
Multiplication Facts; Students use numbered bottle caps to create multiplication facts and ones cubes to create groups of numbers if they need help solving. They record all number sentences they solve. 

Statistics and Probability:
Money Math, Counting Change and Rounding Monetary Sums; Students practice counting groups of change and recording money in dollar value and cents value while also rounding the amount of money to the nearest dollar.

IXL: Multiplication 
This is a website the school has a membership to that gives students different math strategies to practice. We align center IXL strategies to whatever we are learning in the classroom at the time, which right now is multiplication.

Functions and Algebra:
Multiplication Flash Cards; Students practice memorizing multiplication facts by running flash cards with a partner.