I've been out of school since Friday and I feel like my brain is still on overload. Does that mean I take a break from all things educational???? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Last night I started researching how to organize my math centers and tried to find a book to download. I never found a book.
I've seen the acronym BUILD being used in several articles on the Internet. Build stands for:
B-Buddy Games
U-Using Manipulatives
I-Independent Work
L-Learning About Numbers
D-Doing Math
S-Strategies in Math which could work as journal writing
I am very big on journaling in math because I believe it helps the students work out the steps and sequences to problem solving. This acronym is a definite possibility to help organize math centers next year, but a friend told me that there are other acronyms out there in the world. So, I will spend some time researching this and hope find other ideas for organizing my centers.
So, while I was 'fiddling' around with how this BUILD board would work in my room, I came up with some ideas for a board. Feel free to download these and use them!
Enjoy!