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Geometry Escape Room Activity

September 17, 2023 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

This geometry escape room activity is a perfect way to end your upper elementary geometry unit! In this activity students work together to escape from a zoo where all the animals are out of their cages. To escape, students use clues and codes to unlock a series of locks to

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Measurement Escape Activity

September 4, 2023 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

This measurement escape is a culminating activity for the fourth grade measurement standards. In the activity, students must work together to escape from a coral reef. To escape, students must unlock a series of locks to find their way out of the reef. There are multiple

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Hands-On Place Value

July 30, 2023 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

I like to start the year off with hands-on place value activities, because place value is the foundation for all other math concepts. It's important to spend time on place value to ensure students are prepared for more challenging concepts. These place value activities and

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Converting Measurements Worksheets and Activities

July 16, 2023 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

Converting measurements worksheets and activities are often hard to squeeze in to your math instruction. This topic is often taught toward the end of the school year, and we all know how easy it is to run out of time before testing-especially in math. It's important to get as

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Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions

April 30, 2023 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

Teaching fractions greater than one (mixed numbers to improper fractions) shouldn't be an isolated part of your fraction unit. Instead, fractions greater than one should be embedded in your fraction instruction. This post includes some of my favorite lessons for teaching mixed

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Geometry Worksheets & Activities

April 16, 2023 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

When teaching upper elementary math, it's important that geometry worksheets and activities are more than memorizing geometric terms. Of course, these geometry terms are important, but our instruction shouldn't stop there. Students need time to explore and engage with multiple

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Teaching Fraction Sense

March 18, 2023 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

Rather than titling this post "Teaching Fraction Sense", I might should have titled it "Teaching FOR Fraction Sense" as it's not something that is taught in a few fraction lessons. Instead, it has to be developed over time. Number sense has become a critical topic among

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Fraction Games

March 12, 2023 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

Fraction games are a great way to provide engagement and learning support for students. When I think back to how I taught fractions my first few years of teaching, I wish I could go back and apologize to my former students. Yes, I taught the necessary lessons and my students

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How to Solve Word Problems

January 15, 2023 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

Teaching students how to solve word problems has always been a challenge for teachers. As an upper elementary teacher, I frequently see students immediately try to find a solution, rather than thinking about the meaning of the problem. They see a word problem and want to

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Factors and Multiples Worksheets

September 18, 2022 by Ashleigh | 4 Comments

These factors and multiples worksheets and activities can help you as you teach factors and multiples. I speak from experience when I say that teaching factors and multiples is not for the faint of heart. In fact, factors and multiples are one of the most challenging concepts for

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