Face It- Math Can Be Fun!

There are 3 books that I use on days when I need to break things up or I just feel like coloring!  The books are FACEing Math by Kristin Dewitt at www.FACEingmath.com.  I love using these books because you can reinforce skills students have learned in such a fun way.  For example, in Lesson 1, students must solve the problem X+5=7.  If they get the answer X=2, then they draw this cute polka dot clown hat on their faceless head template.  If they get X=12, then they draw a top hat with stripes.  The ability to check for understanding is ridiculously easy for the teacher.  Students show their work, solve the problems, and get to color their "face" based on their answers.  Not only do my students love this, but they do nice work and they look forward to the activities.  Furthermore, one of my classes begged to design their own worksheets for their peers to use.  This reinforced their learning because they had to be able to determine how a student might make a mistake and the resulting answer.

I am fortunate to work with a wonderful teacher who was a student of Mrs. Dewitt and that is how I stumbled upon this genius innovation.

Keep creating:)