Digital Math About Me: My Life in Numbers(Back to School First Day of Math Activity Upper Grades)

Description

This is the perfect first day of math class activity! Created with Distance learning in mind, this virtual activity allows you to get to know your students, and allows them to connect with their classmates, all while learning that math is ALL around them and can even be used to describe and introduce themselves! This Get to Know you activity can be adapted to a digital setting or traditional classroom setting with both a virtual and printable version.

My Life in Numbers or Math All About Me is a wonderful tool that can be used as a Back to School Activity, in a Math-Center or any whole-class instruction time. This activity allows students to explore math concepts that surround them every day! Get to know your students better while they complete this FUN and relatable math activity

This version is primarily for upper grades. It includes mathematical concepts such as Basic Operations, Measurement, Decimals, Percentages, Fractions…etc.

It can also be differentiated, allow students to solve what they can and then review concepts as a class. Let students share their own numerical representations with the class and demonstrate how they solved different equations. Because of the different concepts you are also able to see what students are able to do and their instructional level.