Teaching Time Freebies!
This week we have been discovering the clock in our room. Our standards say to represent and tell time. What better way to represent time than to make our own…
Math Professional Development Information
This week we have been discovering the clock in our room. Our standards say to represent and tell time. What better way to represent time than to make our own…
Here’s an oldie that proves to be so effective {and telling} in small group math! Bears in a cave has been around since my first year of teaching and I…
If you say the word Geometry it can muster up some bad nightmares for a LOT of people. What can we do in the primary grades to set students up…
Just a quick post to share some helpful hints on how we are using our math journal in first grade this year! Last year we embarked on math journaling. At…
Today I am joining in on a blog hop about interactive notebooks! In the beginning I was a reluctant convert to interactive notebooks, but have come full circle! I adore…
This year I am excited to have some fresh ideas that will bump up the engagement and relevancy of daily data! Over the years I have used magnetic student numbers…
I have blogged about math journals before, but I hope to share a few new tips in this post today! {Previous Math Journal Posts Here and Here and Here}…
For the last two weeks, we have been mixing it up with mixed coins! I first introduced coins back in December, but I spiraled back to it now that my…
This year my entire morning is workshop style. My class goes 3 full hours in workshop mode every day. We do our reader’s workshop (loosely based on The Daily Five)…
This year I transitioned into the guided math model for my math block. The change happened in October and has been going strong ever since. It was spurred on by…
We are coming up to measurement in our curriculum and I have always felt that we needed more hands on experience in this area. This year our objectives include not…
Today in small group, we explored writing fractions! Shoe fractions! Students answered questions such as, “What fraction of the shoes lace up?” They were 100 percent engaged and delighted to…
This year I have put a lot of time and effort into orchestrating guided reading and guided math. I have 24 kids {moment of silence for me please} so it…
I came back from vacation with determination to hit our standards from every angle for every minute of the day! I just adore these eager fresh 6 and 7 year…
I decided to knock out the December to January change over today in my classroom. To treat myself, I headed to the dollar store before heading to school. Everyone needs…
Thank you Cara for the opportunity to share some oldies but goodies! It’s my first time linking up! Here’s a post that shares one of the activities that I use…
I got an email message on my Facebook Page from these two Austin teachers. We began corresponding about different classroom questions, and one day and I invited them right over…
Looking for a fun way to teach those graphing standards? The interestlevel was “off the charts” today with these personalized graphs.
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