At the end of last year a fellow teachers posted about these learning palettes on Facebook. She went on and on about how amazing they were.
I looked into them and thought they were pretty neat, but honestly didn't see what all the fuss was about.
But since I was moving toward implementing Math Workshop into my class this year, I decided to use some of my classroom money and purchase a few. I thought they might work for a station.
I ordered 5 palettes and 5 sets of cards.
I chose Algebra Concepts Levels 3 and 4, Decimals and Percents, Fractions, and Geometry and Measurement.
Each set comes with 12 different cards.
Y'all these truly are amazing learning tools.
And they have cards for reading and language too!
Here is how they work.
Students choose a card and place it on the palette.
The example of above is practicing input, output or patters.
Students would determine that the first missing number is 12. They would take the purple disc and place it next to the 12.
(I purposely put it in the wrong place to show you what happens when a student makes a mistake. I'll show you that in a minute).
Here the student sees that the number missing between 8 and 12 is 10 so they put the corresponding disc next to the ten.
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Once students have answered all of the questions, they flip the card over.
They can then check their answers. You can see that I got the red disc with the hole in it correct.
But we missed this one. It should have been the orange disc.
Can you see the possibilities?
I have seriously fallen in love with these palettes. They are amazing!!
So far I am using them for my SPED kids who are only in my math class for about 20 minutes. It is a great way for them to practice different skills and check their work without my help. They beg to "play" with these.
These palettes are made my Usborne. I strongly encourage you to check them out. They are well worth the money.
I love them so much I'm hosting a party to get some more.
If you would like to check them out, click on this link.
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