Probability

Read this blog post about using I can statements to plan and teach your simple probability lessons.

It's been longer than I intended, but I'm back, and I'm linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching to share five things from the past week. My little guy turned two on Saturday! It's hard to believe time is flying by so fast. (This explains my absence around here...I was one busy mama working on birthday party decorations and my first homemade birthday cake...Last year, my mom came up to help, but this year, she couldn't make it, so I was on my own.) Monday, we started Probability Stations. We...

Make probability exciting with these engaging hands-on probability activities and stations! This probability centers resource includes 6 low-prep probability stations perfect for teaching theoretical probability, experimental probability, and chance concepts to upper elementary and middle school students. Quick setup, clear student directions, and ready-to-use materials make these probability activities ideal for math centers, substitute plans, or whole-class exploration. Students practice...

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The Percentages of Me Math & Art Project. You can choose 1 of 3 options: "Character Traits", "Food and Drink" or "My Day". Students must color the pixel figure according to their choices of percentages and character traits that describe them, ensuring their percentages add up to 100%. They must convert each percentage to fraction and decimal and calculate how many squares they need to color in with the selected color to cover a certain percentage of the figure for each choice.

Make fractions, percentages, and decimals come to life with our engaging games that keep students motivated to learn.

Do you need any low-prep activities for teaching probability? Make math more engaging with these 10 probability activity ideas.

I've rounded up 9 engaging ways to practice with simple probability. These simple probability activities, games, and tools make math practice fun.

Do you ever have those days that you just TOTALLY nail the lesson? Today, that was me! I'm in a 4th grade class the next 2 days (possibly 4 if the two teachers quit fighting over me) and I got to start many new units today for writing, English, Math, and Geography. So for math, totally nailed it. I was soooo pumped after math lol. They are starting probability and we talked about the likelihood line. Some stuff is certain, likely, maybe, unlikely, and impossible. So I gave an example and we...