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Digital Place Value Chart

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If you already own my interactive place value chart, it's time to re-download and get the digital version that has been added to it.⁠
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Many of us don't know how we will start the school year in the fall. Now, whether your students will be in your classroom or at home for distance learning, they will be able to deepen their understanding of place value with an interactive digital chart.⁠
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You can open it on a large smartboard and have students demonstrate comparing digits and their place value. You can also assign individual charts to students so that they can use it as a resource at their own desks or at home.⁠
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Students will have the ability to move numbers into various places, which is perfect for practicing skills like multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 or comparing two numbers.⁠
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7 different charts, each with 5 different options allow for you to incorporate them across grades 3-5 as well as differentiate for students who need extension or remediation. ⁠
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Place value is much more fun when it's interactive.⁠
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This year definitely didn't end in the way most of us are used to. Even though COVID-19 has created a lot of negative experiences for me, I've found myself writing a virtual diary so that I can revisit my thoughts one day in the future.⁠
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In the classroom, I've always liked having students complete beginning and end of the year memories and reflections. At the end of the year, they have fun going back and reading what they thought at the beginning of the year. I also like seeing the growth in some of their responses. Since we're not there in person, I can now gather student memories virtually.⁠
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This digital memory book has students share beginning of the year favorite things and answer some questions about their thoughts and feelings. It also allows students to go back and fill in their favorites at the end of the year and answer some questions that will have them reflect on the year.⁠
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To reinforce classroom community, I also added a "senior superlative" type activity called "Who's Who in the Class". ⁠
Given various qualities, students will fill in the name of the classmate that they think best fits that quality. (Most likely to succeed, best style, etc.)⁠
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How are you wrapping up this crazy year?

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Today was our last day of school and this last quarter has been pretty tough. We ended the year on a pretty great note, though, with a car parade through our Atlanta school neighborhood.

We had a huge car line of teachers and staff, led by a police escort, and we had so many students, parents, and members of the community come out to wave and cheer.

We certainly will never forget the 2019-2020 school year. What a crazy time to be alive.

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Whether you're looking for digital resources for distance learning or you want to get a head start preparing for next year, now's the best time to clear out that wish list.⁠⠀
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Teachers Pay Teachers is celebrating all of us with a Teacher Appreciation Sale. Everything in my store is 25% off, so swipe left to see some of my favorite resources that are consistently used in my own classroom.⁠⠀
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Thank you, teachers, for all of your hard work. I'm with you! This year has been quite a rollercoaster as we've transitioned to distance learning and teaching over Zoom. What a crazy time to be a teacher! So take some time to yourself this week and know that you're appreciated.⁠⠀
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The sale ends at midnight tonight and don't forget to use the code THANKYOU20 at checkout!⁠⠀
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- Terry⁠⠀
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I have used Google Forms for a while now, so my students were familiar with completing them as we transitioned to distance learning.⁠
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This week, I introduced students to quadrilaterals, their attributes, and classifying them. I assessed them with this Google Form which allows them to select multiple names for each quadrilateral based on its properties.⁠
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Grading a multi-select Google Form takes a little more work on the teacher end to grade, but it's worth it.⁠
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Today I introduced my favorite project ever....VOLUMEVILLE!⁠
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Volumeville is such a fun, hands-on project that I have been doing with my students for the past 3 years. Students build a community of rectangular prisms and create slides to represent each building along with its dimensions and volume, then a calculation of total volume at the end. It's the kind of project where the kids get excited to come to class and work on it, I get excited to see what they create, and I even catch some kids who work on it at home just because they WANT to. ⁠
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I was a little bummed this year because we won't get to work on Volumeville in the classroom....BUT...I'm not letting that stop us.⁠
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The good news is that Volumeville always had a digital component because the kids make a Volumeville Key in Google Slides. The only difference this year is that they will now be creating digital buildings instead of physical buildings. (I did attach grid paper to the projects so that students who want to and are able to, can choose to physically build them at home if they want to).⁠
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Today was DAY 1 and I am already SO impressed with some of the creativity they've shown. Even though I gave them a slide template they could use and just fill in, I was so pleased to see several students taking the more challenging/creative route of starting from scratch and creating their OWN slides. In the example in the photo, I have a student who even incorporated a PSA (very timely) into his hospital slide.⁠
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In such a crazy time of change and many challenges that come with distance learning and virtual teaching, I feel like this project is finally something that my students and I can all look forward to. This week is one of fun, reflection on what we've learned in our Volume unit, and a time for my students to really show off their creative side.⁠
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You can check out Volumeville by clicking the link in my bio.

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