Elementary Math Chat

41. Season One is Done! Final Thoughts and Plans For the Future

Season One is done! I'm so grateful to each and every one of you for joining me each week to hear my favorite teaching tips and ideas around elementary math. I hope I've helped make your teacher life much easier, and I'm excited to reflect on what this season has meant to me in this Season One finale. In this episode, I answer a few questions that were submitted in a Q & A survey. I also share my final thoughts and reflections on Season One, my plans for the future of Elementary Math Chat, and one final Teaching Tip of the Week to help you work smarter and not harder to finish your end-of-the-year checklist. Connect with me: Instagram Join my Newsletter Follow my TPT Store To view the show notes with the full transcript, head to https://krejcicreations.com/episode41. P.S. Has this podcast been helpful for you? If so, screenshot an episode, add it to IG, and tag me @krejci_creations. This helps spread the word to other teachers!

40. The Countdown is On! 5 End-of-the-Year Activities to Keep Students Engaged

The countdown is on...summer vacation is right around the corner! With all the special events that fall at the end of the year, the final week of school can be challenging to plan for. Every day has a different schedule, and the amount of instructional time also varies. If you need help planning activities to keep your students engaged until the end, this episode is for you! This week, I share 5 of my favorite end-of-the-year activities to help keep your students engaged during the final week of school. You'll hear ideas to help you fill anywhere from 5-10 minutes, 20-30 minutes, or 60 minutes to help you plan around special end-of-the-year events. These activities are low prep and fun for everyone involved, including you! I also share an idea for an end-of-the-year gift in this week's Teaching Tip of the Week. This gift won't cost you a dime and your students will treasure it for many years to come. Resources Mentioned: Line Plot Project Create a Math Board Game Mystery Person BINGO Episodes Mentioned: Episode 22: 6 Low Prep and Engaging Early-Finisher Activities Episode 33: Testing is Done! 5 Ideas to Plan For a Day of Fun! To view the show notes with the full transcript, head to https://krejcicreations.com/episode40. P.S. Has this podcast been helpful for you? If so, screenshot an episode, add it to IG, and tag me @krejci_creations. This helps spread the word to other teachers!

39. Innovative Ways to Keep Kids Learning Math Over the Summer with Melanie Doppler

Summer is right around the corner, and so are those last-minute requests from parents wanting to know how to prevent the summer slide. This episode is chock-full of ideas to keep kids engaged with math over the summer, which means you'll have plenty of tips to share with your families! This week, Melanie Doppler from Math Coach Connection joins me to discuss simple ways to help families connect math to everyday experiences at home over the summer. She shares clever ways to connect math at mealtime, during a trip to the park, when planning a vacation, and so much more!  These tips will help parents keep the conversation going about math over the summer without the dread of making their children sit down to practice math skills, so grab a pen and paper and get ready to hear some amazing tips to share with your families! To view the show notes with the full transcript, head to https://krejcicreations.com/episode39. Connect with Melanie: Instagram Website TPT Store The Dog Ate My Homework Podcast Summer Resources Mentioned: Summer Math Guides 3rd Grade Boot Camp Course Information Direct Link to the Course Summer Math Resources Math Projects: 5th Grade Baseball Math Project 4th Grade Baseball Math Project 2nd Grade Baseball Bat Bandit Math Mystery Math Mysteries: All Mysteries Career Projects: 5th Grade Bundle 4th Grade Bundle 3rd Grade Bundle Party Projects: All Party Projects P.S. Has this podcast been helpful for you? If so, screenshot an episode, add it to IG, and tag me @krejci_creations. This helps spread the word to other teachers!

38. Creative Teaching Tips and Ideas for Area and Perimeter Part 2

This week, I share my favorite teaching tips and ideas for the second half of my area and perimeter unit. Those lessons covered solving for missing dimensions, problem-solving with area, and a review lesson to help students prepare for the test. You'll hear ideas to help you teach these concepts in a visual and relatable manner, how to incorporate review skills in your small group activities, and fun ways to help students prepare for the test. Don't miss this week's Teaching Tip of the Week where I explain how to play one of my favorite multiplication fact games. This game is unpredictable, it's full of risk, and that's what makes it so much fun to play! Resources Mentioned: Missing Dimensions Task Cards (used for whole group lesson) Area and Perimeter Riddles Area and Perimeter Review Boom Cards 4th Grade Test Prep Boom Card Bundle Related Resources: Area of Squares and Rectangles Task Cards Missing Dimensions with Perimeter and Area Boom Cards Related Blog Posts How to Make the Most of Review Days To view the show notes with the full transcript, head to https://krejcicreations.com/episode38. P.S. Has this podcast been helpful for you? If so, screenshot an episode, add it to IG, and tag me @krejci_creations. This helps spread the word to other teachers!

37. Creative Teaching Tips and Ideas for Area and Perimeter Part 1

Area and perimeter was one of my favorite units to teach. I enjoyed helping students make real-world connections to what they were learning, and they enjoyed imagining that they were planting a garden or painting a bedroom wall. However, this unit came with its fair share of struggles. In my experience, area and perimeter taught in isolation were simple concepts for most students. They began to confuse the two concepts when they got to word problems, mainly because the words area and perimeter were never included in the word problems. Instead, they had to rely on context clues to determine whether to find the area or the perimeter. This was something I embedded into my lessons from the start! This week, I share my favorite teaching tips and ideas for the first three lessons in my area and perimeter unit on perimeter, area, and area of combined rectangles. I share helpful ways to teach students conceptual understanding and creative ways to embed other review skills into your small group activities. In addition, you'll hear a clever way to help students determine whether to multiply or divide when converting units of measure in the Teaching Tip of the Week. Resources Mentioned: Perimeter of Squares and Rectangles Task Cards To view the show notes with the full transcript, head to https://krejcicreations.com/episode37. P.S. Has this podcast been helpful for you? If so, screenshot an episode, add it to IG, and tag me @krejci_creations. This helps spread the word to other teachers!