Math Professional Development Information
I personally enjoy teaching students the skill of telling time, because it is one of the milestones that students get excited about. Or at least it was! Sadly, the thrill of wearing a watch isn’t what it used to be! Smart phones and velcro have created a world of convenience am I right? 😉 Kidding!…
Graphs are commonly referred to as charts and are usually data which can be represented by symbols. In a world of info-graphics and constant data overload, graphing is not only necessary, but essential! Whether you work with young children or intermediate kids, this post has 20 ways to teach important graphing concepts! Surveys and Bar Graphs If…
In this blog post we will uncover best practices for the teacher table or small group time during guided math! You’ll read what the research suggests as well as teacher to teacher tips on what makes the biggest impact during those precious minutes at the teacher table! Meet me at the teacher table! Active Learning When…
Don’t you just love a fresh start?! I am in Virginia with JG Brumfield Elementary helping to kick off the second half of the year with some demo guided math lessons across the grade levels! SO FUN! I wanted to be sure to touch base with you and give you some January resources that…
Organization Every Summer for the last 19 years, I have organized and created lessons and activities for the new school year. In the last 10 years, this has been increasingly more important to me. As I pushed and challenged myself to meet the needs of my learners, work closely with my team, and stay out…
This is a breakdown of unit 9, multiplication and division, in the second grade guided math series! Whether you teach second grade or not, I think this post will help answer some questions for you! Every student strives to hit certain milestones in their academic career whether they realize it or not. The rumors begin…
Do you have a writing center in your room? Is it used during guided reading? Is it used during writer’s workshop? Over the last few years, I had a writing center which served three real purposes in our classroom. The Writing Center First, it was a place to store writing materials. It housed a variety…
This is a closer look into unit 5 Geometry and Fractions. I love teaching these concepts because students that do not excel at crunching numbers, realize that there’s so much more to math! I love to see students enjoy learning to love math through the basics of geometry! Each of the 20 lessons in this…
When it comes to teaching coins, data, and graphing, I find that student interest is HIGH! Students get excited about touching money, counting money, and of course spending money too! I have a few tricks up my sleeve I would love to share to help you “capitalize” on teaching coins, data, and graphing too. (hee…
There’s safety in centers. I never felt like I had enough! I love to use them to teach because the student interest is automatic. This particular set pictured below has 10 math centers, 10 math journals, and 10 math printables. All of the skills in these packets are worked on in the Guided…
On the brink of a new school year I really wanted to update my School Beginnings Packet! The activities are the same however the text, layout, and clipart have been overhauled! If you own this packet please head to your purchases page and download it again for free! If you are looking for…
In this post I hope to share a few basic fundamentals about beginning readers! No matter how many years I have been teaching, I don’t think I will ever feel fully satisfied with my instruction! I know I can always improve! Reviewing basic foundations about reading can help us to remember why we choose the…
It’s been a week! We had 3 days of state testing, torrential downpours, and a field trip! Although I don’t envy the “big kids” for their grueling and stressful testing days, it sure is tough on the little ones to be silent, restricted, and cooped up without any recess! Ack! We are all SO relieved…
Welcome to A Day in the Life Linky Party! I can’t wait to get to know you better by learning all about your day! Please link up at the end of this post and grab this button to use in your post! Here is a typical day in the life…. Just in case you wonder…
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 for success down the road? In primary grades we are focused on plane shapes (2D) and solid figures (3D). There are three main categories in…
This year I implemented a new system for guided reading. It really isn’t “new”, but it is a compilation of everything that I have gathered from here, there, and everywhere about teaching reading. Most likely you are rocking all of this out in your room too! I use a projector to display our rounds, but…
Back to School We are two days into the school year and I feel like we have covered so much and yet I am staring straight up at a steep mountain we have yet to climb in first grade! Back to school time is exhausting and exhilarating! I hope to share what resources and techniques…
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 kiddos are much better at skip counting in the higher ranked numbers. In order to balance both the procedural aspect to teaching coins as well…
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) and then we meet on the rug and go right into our guided math workshop. This is the part of the year where the benefits…
I am one happy teacher tonight. We rocked out the day in room 119. I mean it. It’s the 6th week of school and thank you baby Jesus it feels like we are getting somewhere now! We started with reader’s workshop and boy oh boy my shoulders were tense and my critical eye ball was…
Elementary teachers know the impact of a classroom theme. Engagement soars when learning is aligned with a theme. Incorporating all of the subjects multiplies the opportunities for giddy bright-eyed learners to buy into the content. Let’s look at some ‘un bee leaf apple’ apple ideas across the curriculum. Apple Ideas for Days The second half…
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