#appsmash4 Challenge - Math Think Alouds

Wow! I can't wait to have more time this weekend to go through the #appsmash4 Challenge posts from this week. There are really awesome ideas flying around! Thanks so much to Craig Badura for hosting!

For the final day of the challenge I wanted to share some of my absolute FAVORITE math manipulative apps, and how we use them to share our thinking.

If you haven't already heard of The Math Learning Center's free apps, you must go check them out ASAP. They are awesome tools for any math classroom. The six free apps are available for iOS devices and as web apps.

We use these manipulatives during think alouds and discussions all the time in math. Students use them to show their thinking. We love taking screen shots of what we do, then using a screencasting tool like Explain Everything to share what we were thinking as the problem was solved.

Here's an example from this week that 3 students put together. We were working on using "Friends of Ten" to solve problems.


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Happy App Smashing!