Math Centers

To practice skills learned during this math unit, the students 

participated in 4 math centers.

1.  Stringing Beads on a Pipe Cleaner
2.  Sorting Pasta into a Venn Diagram
3.  Stamp a Pattern
4.  Growth Patterns

During the Beading Center, the students were asked to make a pattern 

and identify the two attributes that change.

At the Pasta Sorting Center, the students found ways to organize

the different shaped noodles into a Venn Diagram.

Stamping a Pattern was one of their favourites.  They had access

to all of my stamps and two colours of ink.  They were able to 

create patterns, identify the attributes that changed, and just keep

going!!

At the Growth Patterns, they created all sorts of patterns that showed 

growing and shrinking.  If they were uncertain, there were cards 

to use to model different patterns.

I would have to say that the Beads were everyone's favourite, as they got 

to bring home their math masterpiece!!

It's amazing to see how focused students can be when they enjoy

what they are doing.  One of the many benefits of doing centers

like these is that everyone can work at their own level

and be successful.  There are so many ways to reach each student 

where they are at and watch them learn new things!!