Preptoon.com Giveaway!

Last week I did a review of preptoon.com. Click here to read the review!  This week we are giving away 2- 1 year subscriptions to preptoon, which includes 1 teacher license and 20 student licenses worth $99!!!! AWESOME!! Check out the giveaway below! Giveaway will run until Sunday, August 16 at midnight EST and winner will be chosen Monday, August 17th! Good luck!!!

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Review of Preptoon

Hey guys! Today, I have the opportunity to review a new math program called Preptoon! I am very excited to share this website with you! Next week, we will be doing a giveaway for 1 FREE year subscription to Preptoon, so make sure you come back to enter! Let's get started...

Preptoon is an online math resource for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. The website uses engaging videos to help students better understand math concepts. Below you will find some of the features that I really enjoyed!

• Everything is very organized. You can easily find a video that goes with what you are teaching. You can search by grade and by topic, for example, 5th grade Measurement. You can even search for a specific standard under the Common Core Standards tab. Being organized is highly important to me! I don't want to spend a ton of time trying to find one video to use with my students. Preptoon quickly allows me to find a video that is relevant to what I am currently teaching. 

 

 In this picture you can see tabs at the top, which allows for easy searching. 

This is a video I found after searching 5th grade measurement. I love that the standard is clear! 

 

• The videos are animated and I think my students would enjoy them. My only complaint is I wish the narrator had a little more inflection in her voice. This is very nit picky coming from an overly animated reader! (I tend to have 20 different voices and all kinds of hand motions while reading.) The videos are based on real life situations. This is great for helping students to understand how they will use math in the real world!

 

Here is the beginning of a video, you can see the standard is easily visible again!  

• The video pauses every so often to ask questions. Sometimes these questions will be multiple choice and sometimes they will be fill in the blank. It then gives students instant feedback as to what the correct answer is!  I love that it asks both kinds of questions and I love that it gives instant feedback! I think feedback is vital to students making and correcting mistakes!

 

Here is an example of a question the video's would ask. 

• After a video is completed they can be asked additional questions to help make the math concept more concrete in their mind! 

 

Over all I was highly pleased with the program. You could use this whole class and discuss the questions together, or you can create individual student accounts and have them do the videos independently. If you create student accounts you can see student responses to questions! This program is interactive with students, engaging to watch, and is highly aligned to common core standards. I can't wait to use this in my classroom this year! 

For more information you can watch this quick 2 minute video! 

 

I hope you have enjoyed! Don't forget to check back next week because we will be giving away 1 free year membership to Preptoon!

Christmas Bookmark Freebie

Hey guys! As the holiday season draws near I wanted to share with you a free Christmas bookmark you can use in your classroom. I hope you enjoy! 

                                                   Click Here for the Free Bookmark!

New Products and a Freebie!

I have recently added several new scoot games to my Teachers Pay Teachers store. If your following my store you may already be aware of the new items, but if you aren't here is what you may have missed. 

Multiplication Comparison Scoot Game

2-Digit by 2-Digit Multiplication Scoot Game

4-digit by 1-digit Scoot Game

Addition & Subtraction Scoot Game

And last but not least don't forget to grab this cute free bookmark! 

Fall Into a Good Book bookmark FREEBIE!

Accountability Talk Posters

With common core implementation, we as teachers, have been asked to have our students use accountable talk in the classroom. To help implement accountable talk, our Special Education teacher created these posters to help prompt students during lessons. She has been so gracious as to allow me to share these posters with you also.

I printed my accountable talk posters on colored card stock, cut them out, and hung them around my white board. I hope you enjoy. 

Click here to download the posters.

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Hey guys! This week we have been learning how to add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators. I wrote this song to help my students remember what to do! It's free so I hope you enjoy!

You can get a copy of the words at my TeachersPayTeachers store. 

Cyber Monday Sale

Hey Guys! Today is Cyber Monday and TeachersPayTeachers is having a huge sell!  You can get up to 28% off of many participating stores. I am one of the many sellers throwing a sell for Cyber Monday! Go to my store and check it out! Click here to go to my store!

Also here is a new freebie for you to check out...

Penguin Homework Pass... Get it Here!

I hope you enjoy! 

Fall into Reading Bookmark

Hey guys!  Fall is right around the corner so here is a super cute new bookmark for you to use in class! I hope you enjoy!

Place Value Roll the Dice Worksheet

Last week in 4th grade we were working on Place Value. As a review after teaching standard form, word form, and expanded form we used dice to create a number and then with a partner the students had to write those numbers in all 3 forms. Here is the worksheet I used with them! I hope you enjoy!

Newsletter #3

Did you miss getting the newsletter this month? No worries! Here is the link to view it! Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter so you won't miss it again! The newsletter always has a freebie and some classroom tips and tricks too! I hope you enjoy!