SMART Board Goodies A Resource Blog by Amber Coggin 

It’s great to be back at work after a much-needed holiday which included a rare snow day, Presidents Day, and Mardi Gras break. It was great having some time off to watch the Olympics as well! So keeping in the Olympic spirit, I thought I’d share some related activities with you. Here’s one I ran across called The Award Ceremony which can be found at http://www.mathsonline.co.uk. In this activity, students choose an Olympic event, then sort the event results into order. You can choose the difficulty by clicking on the options at the bottom of the home screen. Make sure you read the directions for sorting each event, since it could require ordering the scores greatest to least or least to greatest. Click “Award Medals” once the numbers have been sorted to check your answers. If the answers are correct, the award ceremony will begin. Check it out!

Here is a great “Counter Square” from AmblesidePrimary.com. You can use a square, circle, or triangle in order to make patterns, highlight prime numbers, and label odd/even numbers, etc. Just click on the Ideas for more ways to use the chart.