Sometimes get-to-know-you activities seem better suited as a language arts activity with the writing and speaking standards. Sometimes they don't seem to connect to any academic skills. While I know how very important it is to use activities of this nature to build a classroom community and get to know my students, I really love when they connect to our learning too. That is what I created these Math About Me activities.
One Activity - Three Goals
I'm all about double and triple dipping as long as it's not with my chips and salsa. But when it comes to classroom activities I LOVE when an activity has 2 or 3 purposes. The more the better. That is the case with the Math About Me digital activities.
Goal 1: Get to Know Your Students
With this fun and engaging digital activity, you have the opportunity to get to know your students and some facts about them and their family. This is a great way to build connections in your classroom.
Goal 2: Informal Assessment of Math Skills
Within the Math About Me activity, students will be working with numbers in a variety of ways. This is a great way to informally assess your students math skills and get a little insight into where they are, what they do well, and what they might be struggling with.
Goal 3: Technology Skills
This All About Me activity is a digital activity that uses Google Slides. Through the activity students will learn and practice typing and using text boxes, clicking and completing a drag and drop function. All of these are skills we will use with other digital activities throughout the year. So while the ultimate goal is getting to know my students, I can also use this as a great opportunity to begin teaching how to use the Google apps and complete basic technology functions.
Math About Me for 1st & 2nd Grade
This Math About Me activity was designed for first and second grade students, although with some reading help it could be completed by kindergarten students too! The math part of this get to know you activity focuses on numbers and building numbers with ten frames and tally marks.
Students will have a chance to tell about themselves and see the numbers associated with them, their family and their pets.
Here's a peek into the Math About Me activity for primary students.
Get to know your students and the numbers in their life with Math About Me for 1st & 2nd Grade. You can find this fun digital activity in my store on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Math About Me for 3rd & 4th Grade
I created a second version of Math About Me for 3rd & 4th grade students. While the get to know you parts of the activity are similar to the version for younger students, the math aspects are not. Students will use "their numbers" and calculate 10 more and 100 more as well as writing equations with numbers related to their life.
Here's some of the fun your students will have with Math About Me for elementary students.
You can find this Math About Me Activity in my TpT store too!
I love getting my students to work with numbers in ways that are different and fun and these Math About Me activities do just that. So why not get to know your students a little better and have some math fun too!
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