This being the second week of school, we got a little closer to following our regular daily schedule. In Math, that meant that we practiced the components of Guided Math. One of those components is our Morning Math Warm-ups.
Each day when they come in, there will be a question on the easel to get their brains warmed up. Generally they will be math-related, but sometimes not obviously so–not just “solve this equation” type questions. These were the warm-ups for the week:
How would you answer these questions? If you’re a parent: talk to your mathematician about how they answered them. If you’re a teacher: how do you use warm-ups in your classroom? Tell us about it! 🙂
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Can you compile more of these math warm up questions? And post them on twitter or somewhere? They’re awesome!
I can certainly try! I plan on posting the ones we do each week on our blog. Would you find them more useful somewhere else? Google doc maybe?
hi mrs.bearden.im writting a story on my own in my own notebook. would you like to read it. i could bring it in if you want. just let me know and ill bring it to school.
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ABSOLUTELY! Bring it with you on Tuesday, kiddo! So glad to hear you’re writing at home. And I am certain that I will LOVE it! Hope you’re enjoying your long weekend. 🙂
Love how a simple twist to provide the ANSWER first takes you deeper into the thinking! I have to get up and check out those post its!
Mrs. LeSeure gave me the idea when we started Guided Math last year. But that was a different unit, so I’m figuring out a way to reuse the same kind of question for new concepts. What would your answers be? 🙂
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