Pirates' Treasure: Coordinate Graphing Lesson (and a Freebie)

Coordinate Graphing 

with Captain Cora D. Nate

I love teaching coordinate graphing!  I wanted to create a PIRATE lesson (inspired by Teach Like a Pirate) and I decided to literally become a pirate.  I wanted to go with a treasure map and made a giant coordinate graph. I created a Power Point to teach about coordinates and introduce the activity. My students worked in four teams and took turns pulling coordinates and finding their treasure.  It gave my students a hands-on approach to learning and kept them engaged.  The kids even had the opportunity to to do a little looting.  

They counted their treasure and practiced adding money using decimals at the end of the lesson, and even ordered the amount least to greatest.  It was a huge success!

You can create your own materials or check out my product that I have created for TPT.  I also included another small game board version for the lesson, small groups, centers or additional practice.  Check it out here.  Pirates' Treasure.

Link to TPT.

Here is the product preview.

I have created a coordinate game called Pirateship!

Click here for Freebie to download your copy on TPT.

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Link to Freebie

Show and Tell Tuesday

I am on spring break this week and loving that our New England weather is finally starting to feel like spring!  I have been busy organizing the house and getting some things done on the computer.

This is the first time I am linking up with Forever in Fifth Grade's linky party called "Show and Tell Tuesday."  Here are four things that I would love to show and tell about it.

This year I became one of the dance coaches for our Middle School Dance Club, for grades 5-8.  We had our show last Wednesday.  The girls danced to songs that related to colors.  The masks were for Michael Jackson's "Black and White."  I was so proud of the girls!

My husband made me a Giant Jenga game last week for my classroom.  I need to paint the ends of the blocks so I can create groups of questions for math practice.  The teacher under my classroom is not going to be happy...LOL!

 Last Thursday was my 26th wedding anniversary.  I had been waking up way before the alarm and found this waiting for me at 4:30am.  I felt bad because I was not ready and was planning to get a card on the way home from school.  I wrote a love note on a sticky!  Oh well.

I dressed up as a pirate to introduce my new math unit.  I taught coordinate graphing lesson with a giant graph that I made from a tarp.  I am working on a TPT to go with the lesson but it is still in the works.  My kids loved collecting their bags of treasure and counting their loot.  Arghhhh!!!

Those are my picks for show and tell.  

Leave a comment below and hop on over to Forever in Fifth Grade to join in the fun. 

Faux Snow Day Celebration

We had school on December 23 and planned a "Faux Snow Day."  We wore our pajamas to school and planned things we like to do on real snow days...wear our comfy pajamas, drink hot cocoa, read a good book and do some coloring. The only thing missing was Snow.

We had to finish sharing our projects....Thanks Santa!!!

MARSHMALLOW AND HOT COCOA

In science class, we did a STEM challenge and built marshmallow towers.  We used 2 cups of marshmallow and 100 toothpicks.  It was more challenging than we thought...the marshmallows were too soft.  Gumdrops might be sturdier.  The kids still had fun!  We drank hot cocoa at the end.

CUTE HAIR

COORDINATE GRAPHING IN MATH

The kids used coordinates to graph and color gingerbread houses.  

(used free Gingerbread House from Math Wire)

PAPER PLATE GAME
I saw this on Pinterest for a Christmas scene.  I changed it to a snowman.  We laughed so much. 

 

 

The best drawing!  Nice job Courthney.

SNUGGLING WITH A GOOD BOOK in ELA

Miss Hammond had everyone bring their independent reading book.  

Everyone joined in!

(Shhhh....I am looking forward to a real snow day)

Happy New Year!!!!