Halloween Computation Task Cards!

Hey there!  It's Amanda from The Primary Gal! Anyone else love this time of year when it comes to themes for task cards and activities?!  In my classroom, I have a computation center where my students work on basic computational skills.  I am a firm believer in spiral review and love to continually work on previously mastered skills.  

I created this Halloween themed set of task cards for fourth and fifth grades!  Each set of task cards includes both multiplication and division problems in this green-inspired, creepy theme.

Skills included in 4th Grade Task Cards:
*2-Digit by 1-Digit Multiplication
*2-Digit by 2-Digit Multiplication
*3-Digit by 2-Digit Multiplication
*3-Digit Dividends by 1-Digit Divisors without Remainders
*3-Digit Dividends by 1-Digit Divisors with Remainders
*4-Digit Dividends by 1-Digit Divisors without Remainders
*4-Digit Dividends by 1-Digit Divisors with Remainders
*5-Digit Dividends by 1-Digit Divisors without Remainders

Skills included in 5th Grade Task Cards:
*Multi-Digit Multiplication
*Multi-Digit Multiplication with Decimals
*4 and 5-Digit Dividends by 2-Digit Divisors without Remainders
*4 and 5-Digit Dividends by 2-Digit Divisors with Remainders as Decimals
*Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers
*Dividing Two Decimals

These task cards also include QR Codes to allow students to self-check their work.  This makes them ideal for centers!

Click the image above to grab this fun computation review for only $1.00!!!  Snoop around my store to find a few other $1.00 products.  :)

Easy Peasy Printables {with The Primary Gal}

Hey friends!  It's Amanda from The Primary Gal.  I've been torn for the last week as to what to share with you today.  I have two products that I have recently uploaded (and more on the way) and I am DYING to share them.  So rather than settle with only ONE, I'm sharing BOTH!

I am in love with this new pack.  Last year, I created a line of products for my word work centers.  I use these in my resource room weekly and have seen HUGE growth from my kids!  I recently decided that I really needed more printable pages to assess, use for homework, morning work, and small groups to further support their vowel knowledge.  The picture above are from the first in the series, however MANY more are in the works.

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My kids have also been planning a summer vacation!!!  You can see this product in action on my blog!  I love that it cumulatively covers skills what we have worked on throughout the year while giving them a real life example of times when math would be used!

{You can grab this for only $1.00!}

Thanks for reading along!  I'll see ya next month!!! :)

Mastering Math Facts {with the Primary Gal}

Hey there!  It's Amanda Wilp from The Primary Gal!  My post today is one that I am "recycling" from my own blog because I have literally slaved over these products for WEEKS!  Seriously.  I don't know about you but many of my fifth grade students are really struggling with basic multiplication facts.  It's sad to see them understanding HOW to do things but not be able to complete them correctly on a consistent basis due to math fact mastery.  So as any teacher-author would do, I set to creating a solution!

Now, maybe I've been helping my kindergartener with her book club where they use these folders to transport books to and from school; but I felt that I just had to create a self-paced system that would allow students to master multiplication facts and build mathematical confidence.  Or....MAYBE I just wanted an excuse to use these ADORABLE folders!  Either way, I set to work!

Last year, I found an old copy of Dr. Carl Seltzer's book Multiplication Facts in Seven Days.  I loved the way he broke up the facts and allowed students to use the commutative property of multiplication to lighten the load of fact mastery.  Why spend time learning your 1's, followed by your 2's, and 3's?  By the time they get to the 6's, they are DONE!

So I set to work making printer friendly flash cards and assessments for my students to begin using.  I passed them out and explained the system to parents at Parent-Teacher Conferences to ensure that they understood that the program is self paced and what my expectations were.  I also included a parent letter incase they didn't attend conferences or needed a refresher later.

Inside each folder is a ziplock baggie with the facts for Set One.  Set One is the largest set but only includes eight facts.  When the parent feels that they are able to fluently answer each fact in the folder they return it to school.  I then assess the students using quick, printer friendly assessments.

My students have actually enjoyed doing these.  Since I am only doing it with about six students in my classroom and six students in the other fifth grade classroom, they feel a little *privileged* to have something that the other students don't.  My fear was that the opposite effect would happen.  They have handled it well and have been very motivated to move through the six sets.

Once I posted the multiplication edition, I had many people asking if I would create an addition set that works in the same fashion.  So, for you younger folks out there, your requests were heard!  I have both addition and multiplication sets available.  If you're interested in using this system in your own classroom, you can grab the Addition and Multiplication Editions by clicking the images below!  After all, they're only $1.00!!!