My Kind of Teaching: June 2021

Are you looking for centers that are easy to plan, organize, and prepare?

Keep reading to find math centers you can use all year in your classroom.

Your life is about to get so much easier!

Choosing to keep the same centers all year long will lessen the amount of time you are spending to get the centers ready for students.

Here are five centers to use in your classroom all year long.

1) Technology

Use the technology that is available to you. Whether this is a group of computers in your classrooms, a class set of Chromebooks or iPads, or something else, there is always a choice of things to use in this center. You can use digital task cards or interactive games for students to practice current math skills or to review past math skills.

2) Working with Numbers

This unit will work with any activity that involves numbers. Include math games, activities, or worksheets in this center. Using one of the No Prep math activities in this unit makes it super easy to prepare!

3) Fact Fluency

It doesn't matter what grade level you teach, there is always fact fluency students need to practice. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division need practice daily for students to become fluent. Having a dedicated center will help students accomplish that goal, and it builds a foundation for everything else. Games such as Bump, worksheets manipulatives, and other activities are good choices to add to this center all year.

4) Writing/Word Work

This math center is the perfect place to add some writing aspects to your math routine. Students can write the steps to tell how to solve math problems, complete word problems, practice writing numbers, do constructed math problems, and more. Writing is important for math, so make sure that you include it.

This math center is the perfect way to incorporate math with writing

5) Math Games

Students love games. I feel strongly about using games to learn. Adding a play factor always helps students improve while they enjoy the activity. Add board games that are already in your classroom. Search the Internet for fun math games using a deck of playing cards. Add math task cards to a Candy Land board, and watch how excited your students are to play.