Saturday, December 24, 2011

Snowflake Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

Click  HERE for free copy

Here's a winter freebie for all you math teachers. I use a lot of music in my classroom, especially on hard concepts like mean, median, mode, and range. Be sure to check out the anchor chart for the songs I use to teach mean and range.  Even after I feel like they have a grasp of the concept, I feel it's important to review periodically. At my school we go back on January the 5th and that will mean a 2 day week. (I KNOW, don't get me started!) I'm going to use the printable to practice this concept. Hopefully the snowflake theme will make it seem not so much like work. I'm keeping this post short, as it is Christmas Eve, and I still have some shopping to do. Ahhh!!! Just wanted to give you something you could use in the classroom after the break. Enjoy! If you are not a follower, I would love for you to become one. Either way, I'm glad you stopped by and  Happy Holidays! Click HERE for snowflake printable.

 Teacher Tip of the Week:
Why not have a little cross curricular activity to go with the snowflake math? This is a great book to use for art, reading, science, or writing. If you click on the cover you will find a video version of this book.
Click on book cover for a free online video version of this book.




















Anchor Chart of the Week:
Here's a copy of the songs I put on an anchor chart to teach mean and range. Click HERE for a printable version of the song lyrics.




13 comments:

  1. Great activity! One of my favorite books of all time and I love the songs. thanks for sharing!

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  2. Brian,

    Thank you! I love to sing in my classroom. When I first started teaching, I was afraid the boys wouldn't like it, but sometimes I think they like it more than the girls:) I do try to add some movement to each song, and they love that. For the mean song, I have them make a plus sign and divide sign with their arms.

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  3. Hi Selina:
    I am a new follower and I am very excited about the snowflake activity! It is already printed and ready to go for next week!
    AND I love the online version of the book.

    How generous of you to share your work. And how lucky I am to have found your site!

    Thanks again,
    Kim
    Finding JOY in 6th Grade

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  4. Kim,

    Thank you so much for becoming a follower and leaving such a sweet comment. BTW, I'm a follower of Finding Joy in 6th now:)

    Selina

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  5. I love this snowflake idea! Actually I love all your ideas! Your blog is FABULOUS! Thanks for sharing!

    ~Lorraine
    Fabulous 4th Grade Froggies

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  6. Lorraine,

    You don't know how much that means to me. Coming from someone I admire. Thank you so much!

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  7. I love your activity! I also printed it out for next week! Thank you!!!!

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  8. I'm so glad you liked and can use this activity. I checked out your blog, and I'm your newest follower!

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  9. What a wonderful book. Since I am not teaching math, I'm thinking of sharing the book with my 4th graders and then we'll write a summary. Thank you for sharing, Selina.

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  10. Thanks Nancy! This book is great for several subjects.

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  11. Add'l verses for your anchor chart, to tune of Frere Jacques/Are You Sleeping? -- from a colleague

    Mean means average,
    Mean means average.
    Mode means most.
    Mode means most.
    Median's in the middle,
    Median's in the middle,
    Now I know.
    Now I know.

    Range means difference,
    Range means difference.
    Biggest minus smallest,
    Biggest minus smallest.
    These are all statistics,
    These are all statistics.
    Now I know.
    Now I know.

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    1. OMG!!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this with me.

      Selina

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  12. Brilliant thank you!

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