Math Problem of the Day Google Slides | Grades 1-2

Description

Looking for an easy, engaging and ready to use math warm-ups for your students in grades 1-2? This set of problem of the day challenges has everything you need to review key concepts and build mental math skills all year long.

This bundle includes 20 ready to assign problems for Google Slides for every month of the year. That’s 240 math warm-ups!

Each month includes slides with a different theme, but they do not say the month on the slide, so you can use these anytime of the year that works best for you.

In addition, each month includes a blank slide, allowing you to fully customize this set to meet the needs of your students.

Use the blank slide to type in additional math problems to focus on a specific skill, or create additional problems to differentiate for your learners.

WHY THESE PROBLEM OF THE DAY CHALLENGES ARE DIFFERENT:

Each day, you can assign or present a problem to your students to solve. But that’s not all! There are additional prompts on the slide to push your students further and deepen their mathematical thinking.

First, students explain their steps or thinking in their own words. This forces students to think about what they’re doing and why, and learn to articulate or justify their reasoning to others.

Second, they then take it a step further and try to come up with their own math problem with the same solution. This again pushes them beyond mere computation to encourage creativity and making sense of the math they’re learning.

NOTE:Students in grades 1-2 may not be able to write or type out their thinking on their own. Ideally, I would discuss their ideas and solutions orally, and then you as the teacher would type their thinking onto the slides for all students to see.

HOW TO USE THESE PROBLEM OF THE DAY SLIDES:

Each slide is ready for your students to interact with, by typing in their steps and thinking for how to solve the problem, as well as space to type their own math problem with the same solution. (Again, you probably want to discuss/share orally and then type students solutions and problems in for them).

So if you are teaching virtually, you can assign 1-5 slides to your students each week for them to complete independently at home, then discuss them together during your virtual class meets. (I don’t recommend this for young kids, unless parents are able to help them type out their thinking at home).

You could also use them as a daily warm-up during virtual Zoom calls or Google Meets by presenting the problem on the computer. Allow students time to work through it, then discuss it as a group. You can then record student thinking onto the slide as you discuss with your students.

Lastly, you can use these as an in person daily warm-up by presenting the slides to your students in the classroom. Students can then record their thinking in the included math journal.

Also included is a printable math journal so that students can record their thinking with pencil and paper, and then again, you can record student ideas right onto the slide as you discuss as a group.

The math journal includes 1/2 pages that you can cut out and assemble into a booklet, or cut out and have students glue into their math journal or interactive notebooks.

A complete answer key is also included, for your convenience.

MATH CONCEPTS COVERED:

Because the focus of these tasks is mental math practice and skills review, the math problems focus on grades K-1 math skills.

This allows students to review important concepts, while also focusing on writing about and justifying their thinking.

This includes the following concepts:<

• Addition and subtraction with numbers up to 40
• Early time concepts
• Basic shapes
• Comparing quantities
• Addition & subtraction word problems
• Missing addend problems
• Early multiplication skills, such as equal groups or skip counting (2s, 3s, 5s and 10s)
• Adding coins in U.S. currency
• Math vocabulary

***Want to see more of what’s included in this bundle? Click the PREVIEW here to read more and see some of the slides!***

Please Note: This product is a downloadable pdf file with links to each month of Google Slides. No physical product will be shipped to you. In addition, this resource is for personal use in the home or classroom only. You may not share, distribute, alter or post this resource online in any way. Thank you for your honesty!<