Comments on: Unleashing Creativity in the Math Classroom: Real-World Applications for Empowered Learning https://beyondtheworksheet.com/real-world-ma/ Supporting math teachers since 2009. Helping you go beyond the textbook and and into an engaging learning environment that gives you back your time. Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:20:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pam Sigler https://beyondtheworksheet.com/real-world-ma/#comment-7383 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:12:29 +0000 https://beyondtheworksheet.com/index.php/2014/04/14/real-world-ma/#comment-7383 My fifth graders work on a checkbook activity every year. They are required to pay their “bills”, keep an accurate checkbook balance, and record all of their check and debit card transactions in their registry. They absolutely love it! This coincides with our unit on decimals. It touches so many skills… adding/subtracting decimals, write the word form of numbers on the check, showing cents as fractions and the list goes on and on. Love to show them “real world” math.

]]> By: Shelby McGraw https://beyondtheworksheet.com/real-world-ma/#comment-7360 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 21:03:29 +0000 https://beyondtheworksheet.com/index.php/2014/04/14/real-world-ma/#comment-7360 I love this activity! I still feel a little uneasy writing checks since I’ve never really had a formal lesson on it. This has so many great real world applications, thank you for posting! Will definitely be using with my kiddies.

]]> By: MJ https://beyondtheworksheet.com/real-world-ma/#comment-268 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 21:29:08 +0000 https://beyondtheworksheet.com/index.php/2014/04/14/real-world-ma/#comment-268 Great idea! I’m searching more ways to make my math units more interesting and relating to the real world. What a great way for student to get real life experience!

]]> By: Liz https://beyondtheworksheet.com/real-world-ma/#comment-171 Sun, 17 May 2015 12:00:23 +0000 https://beyondtheworksheet.com/index.php/2014/04/14/real-world-ma/#comment-171 My 6th grade math teacher did this! It was so much fun and I still remember it 20 years later. It's a great way to make real life connections in math.

]]> By: Mrs. McClain https://beyondtheworksheet.com/real-world-ma/#comment-71 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 01:19:50 +0000 https://beyondtheworksheet.com/index.php/2014/04/14/real-world-ma/#comment-71 I absolutely love this activity. It is definitely requires a higher level of understanding than my first graders can handle, but I so wish that I would have had a lesson on check writing. I literally did not learn this skill until late into high school.

Jasmine
Buzzing With Mrs. McClain

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