As summer break quickly {but not quickly enough} approaches, it's important to find engaging and creative ways to enrich and review our reading and writing standards. One of my favorite ways to change things up is with this mini unit which is centered round five summer themed
Project Based Learning – The Snack Shack
This project-based learning activity began as a single lesson that was so well received by students that I added an extra part, and then another. Eventually, it turned into a full-fledged math project. The premise of the math project is that students are planning to open a
Research Project Ideas
In this post you'll find FUN research project ideas for upper elementary students! I certainly remember completing my fair share of boring research projects in elementary school. We go to the library to find an encyclopedia to take notes on our topic. Then, we would write a
Increasing Student Stamina and Independence
It's not a big revelation that this year is an incredibly challenging school year. What has been surprising is that academics aren't most teachers' biggest concern. Yes, there is an academic impact from the past two years, but the behavioral effects appears to be even more
Combining Fraction Resources
After finishing division, it's time to move on to my fraction unit. With so many great resources available, it can be hard to pick and choose what works for your classroom. It can also be a challenge to determine how to incorporate all of your resources. In this series, I share
Division Strategies
It's important to spend time teaching or reviewing division strategies before moving on to multi-digit division. Most students are fairly confident and solid with multiplication concepts. But, many students need a little review of division strategies before moving into
Twos Day Activities for 2-22-22
In this post I am breaking one of my most important rules as a blogger and TpT author. Never share something I haven't personally used in my classroom.
I've always felt like that's one of the things that makes my resources unique. They're effective because I keep fine tuning
2022 Winter Games Close Reading
With all the craziness of the past two years, I almost forgot about the Winter Olympics. I absolutely love all things related to the Olympics and love incorporating them into my instruction. One of my favorite resources is my Winter Olympics Close Reading packet. When I
Introducing Decimals
The best way to begin introducing decimals (likely to 4th graders) is to teach lessons that connect fractions to decimals. That's one of the reasons I like to immediately follow my fraction unit with my decimal unit.
Like fractions, decimals are a topic that needs to be taught
Combining Division Resources
With so many great resources available, it can be hard to pick and choose what works for your classroom. It can also be a challenge to determine how to incorporate all of your resources. In this series, I share my personal lesson plans to show how I integrate my math resources. I
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