Non-Standard Operations Sorting Activity

Since I've already blogged near my INB notes for Non-Standard Operations too my Add Em Up Activity for the same topic, I decided it was in conclusion fourth dimension to weblog near 1 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 upwards a fleck when it came fourth dimension to produce some do for Non-Standard Operations. It's gotten then that my students intend we're doing a enquiry stack EVERY SINGLE TIME I transcend 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 spot were 3 dissimilar answers alongside 4 problems resulting inwards each answer. Special thank you lot to my husband for helping me arts and crafts some of these problems to come upwards out to a specific answer! When I would write a work that failed to come upwards out to the correct answer, he would assistance me tweak my numbers then it worked. This was a trickier trace of piece of work to produce than I initially regard when I laid out to brand these cards!

The regard behind this activeness is that students instruct a deck of cards. They are told that at that spot are 3 dissimilar answers. Groups of students endure through the decks of cards to determine the 3 answers too house the cards inwards 3 piles according to their answers. To assistance my students out, I did plow over them a hint that at that spot were 4 cards for each answer.

I also typed upwards an respond fundamental that I could role to easily depository fiscal establishment fit a group's work. I laminated my respond fundamental on the same coloring 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 endure around!

I loved the self-checking appear of this activity. Many groups institute themselves inwards the scenario where they had institute 4 dissimilar answers. Often 1 of these answers would solely accept 1 bill of fare inwards its pile. Students knew that this was the work they needed to rework.

I loved walking unopen to the room to run across how dissimilar groups were organizing their work.

Some groups dealt the cards out to grouping members earlier start then that each grouping fellow member worked the same release of problems. This worked good until 1 grouping realized that 1 grouping fellow member had gotten ALL one-step problems!