Non-Standard Operations Sorting Action

Since I've already blogged close my INB notes for Non-Standard Operations together with my Add Em Up Activity for the same topic, I decided it was in conclusion fourth dimension to spider web log close ane of my favorite activities that I've created this schoolhouse year: Non-Standard Operation Sorting Cards!

I've done quite a few Question Stacks lately, then I decided I wanted to alter things upward a fleck when it came fourth dimension to produce some exercise for Non-Standard Operations. It's gotten then that my students intend we're doing a enquiry stack EVERY SINGLE TIME I endure past times out a pocketbook of cards! And, yes, I realize I'm behind on blogging all my novel enquiry stack files. It's on my to produce list. I promise!

To brand this activity, I created twelve problems. I intentionally wrote the problems then that at that topographic point were iii unlike answers alongside 4 problems resulting inwards each answer. Special cheers to my husband for helping me arts and crafts some of these problems to come upward out to a specific answer! When I would write a employment that failed to come upward out to the correct answer, he would assistance me tweak my numbers then it worked. This was a trickier draw of piece of work to produce than I initially persuasion when I laid out to brand these cards!

The persuasion behind this activeness is that students larn a deck of cards. They are told that at that topographic point are iii unlike answers. Groups of students operate through the decks of cards to determine the iii answers together with house the cards inwards iii piles according to their answers. To assistance my students out, I did plough over them a hint that at that topographic point were 4 cards for each answer.

I also typed upward an reply telephone substitution that I could role to easily banking concern gibe a group's work. I laminated my reply telephone substitution on the same colouring of newspaper every bit the cards.

After explaining the activity, my students took off. We used our jumbo group-sized dry out erase boards for this activity. They were the perfect size for multiple students to operate around!

I loved the self-checking appear of this activity. Many groups establish themselves inwards the scenario where they had establish 4 unlike answers. Often ane of these answers would solely accept ane menu inwards its pile. Students knew that this was the employment they needed to rework.

I loved walking around the room to meet how unlike groups were organizing their work.

Some groups dealt the cards out to grouping members earlier kickoff then that each grouping fellow member worked the same give away of problems. This worked good until ane grouping realized that ane grouping fellow member had gotten ALL one-step problems!

I hold off frontward to applying this exercise construction to a greater extent than inwards the future!

There is something powerful close giving students a express give away of reply choices.

I saw pupil confidence alongside non-standard operations grow alongside leaps together with bounds every bit my students worked through this activity.

I gave my students 30 minutes for this activity. For some groups, this wasn't enough. For other groups, they finished afterwards 15 to 20 minutes.

Luckily, I was able to accept my groups that finished early on operate on the Add Em Up activity.

This activeness is a definite keeper! You tin terminate download the files for this activeness here.