Math Operation Bingo

My students are great at doing the computation once they figure out what a word problem is asking, but we were having trouble figuring out what word problems are asking us to do. There are several steps I took to try to remedy this, starting with a word problems key words sort I saw on Teachers Pay Teachers (FOR FREE!): Problem Solving Keyword Sort

Here is the finished product of one of my students:

We used this as a resource when doing word problems to help us figure out what operation to use. They got better at figuring out what operation to use, but I realized that they were also struggling because they could not remember the vocabulary that goes along with some of the operations such as sum means addition, and product means multiplication. 

SO I created this flipchart for the promethean board reviewing all of this vocabulary with a page showing the meanings of each definition and a page with problems where students have to drag the labels to the problems to practice using the vocabulary.

Just to make sure, I also made this Math Operation Bingo game with all of the vocabulary. I printed to boards, glued them on construction paper and laminated them so students could use dry erase markers to mark the vocabulary words called.

I made cards with all the definitions of the words to pick one at a time, the students will have to figure out which word I'm talking about and mark it on their board. I haven't played it with my students yet because I just finished laminating all the boards, but I will update with how it went!

Rave Review: Multiply It Out

As many teachers do, I find some amazing things on Pinterest that I add to my classroom. We are working on multiplication in the math class that I teach and with any students, they need all the practice that they can get. I saw this FREE bulletin board packet that has been a great addition to my bulletin boards. It is like math boggle and you can use it to practice any operation.

Add It Up/Multiply It Out Bulletin Board

You can also see it on her blog (which I follow!):

Live, Laugh, and Love to Learn

Here it is up in my classroom:

We use it as a warm-up activity at the beginning of each class. The author even includes a recording sheet, which we keep in a folder attached to the bulletin board as well. I change the numbers out every week or so to keep them on their toes. We started out with this one so they can do more problems with two digits multiplied by one digit and we worked our way up. It’s a good way to get the students focused for math class and come assessment time I know they’ll be able to multiply anything I throw their way!