Meredith gives several examples of different ways to use emojis in the classrooms. One examples was using emojis to explain the water cycle. another was to create a story using 10 emojis. Students would summarize a story using 5 emojis, and explain their choices in paragraph form. The beginning of the year activity "All about Me" could be completed in emojis instead of words.
As we begin to review for K-PREP, I can see this emoji activity being used in the classroom to help students practice their math facts, review how to find a number missing from various locations in an equation, and to solve multi-step problems and require them to use information from the problem before. All kids love emojis, so why not incorporate them into classroom instruction.
The blog you are following sounds like a very useful one. I love the idea of using something students use frequently in their lives outside of school in the classroom! Definitely helps with engagement! I also think it is great that this emoji activity not only teaches math skills, but also the foundational coding skills. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love the replacement of variables in math with something that students relate to! This idea makes math seem less "math" and more engaging. They can then transfer this knowledge to more complicated and traditional forms of math problems.
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