Types of Motion

Yesterday we started a new science unit that I am REALLY pumped about - Forces and Motion!

Today we learned about motion. We made our books and desk contents move all over the place in all different types of ways. The engagement was through the roof!

As a culminating activity, we completed a picture sort. We sorted pictures into three different types of motion - straight, back and forth, and circular. They loved that big word - circular! :)

My students did a great job with this! I think it also really cemented the idea of motion into their little brains. :)

If you're teaching about Forces and Motion and would like to use this sort, feel free to download it (for free)  from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Subtraction Sort {Freebie!}

In second grade, we are working on double-digit subtraction with regrouping.

They have caught on super fast. However, they have gone regrouping CRAZY! They will regroup anything and everything... which turns out to be a problem.

To help them stop and think before they regroup, I created this little double-digit subtraction sort for them to do today.

Based on the subtraction regrouping poem, the kids will sort problems into groups based on whether they need to regroup or not. After they sort the problems into the "more on the top", "more on the floor", or "numbers the same" groups, they can take a problem and solve it on a whiteboard.

Could you use this in your class? We're using it as a math work station. Click on the picture of the document to download it. Let me know if you use it!! This is the first idea that has come out of my own brain that I wanted to share so I am pretty excited!!!