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Distributive Property Activities

September 10, 2019 by Ashleigh | 3 Comments

Teaching the distributive property can be quite challenging, but the concept is SO important for student as then begin more advance math concepts. As a third grade teacher, I often felt like my students weren't quite developmentally ready for the distributive property. I

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Division Escape Room Lesson

September 8, 2019 by Ashleigh | 2 Comments

This Division Escape Room Lesson is one of my favorite culminating activities to my 4th grade division unit. It incorporates so many skills and concepts into a fun and exciting format for students. I consider any lesson where students are so engaged and motivated that they don't

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Multiplying by Tens and Hundreds

August 25, 2019 by Ashleigh | 2 Comments

Multiplying by multiples of ten and hundred sounds like it should be an easy concept to teach, but it's not. In fact, many students struggle with this standard. It's such an important concept for students to understand, because students will apply this concept in their

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Math Masterminds

August 4, 2019 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

Over the years, as I've refined my math instruction, I've tried to share as much as a can through blogging and videos. However it's extremely difficult, if not impossible, to unpack everything through blogging and casual videos. This is the primary reason I developed Math

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Pacing Guides for Literacy and Math

July 22, 2019 by Ashleigh | 14 Comments

I've worked on A LOT of resource updates this summer, so I wanted to share my corresponding pacing guides with you. As always, it's important to remember that this is just a guide. I try to never let the pacing guide dictate my instruction. There are times when we need to

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Memorizing Multiplication Facts

Memorizing Multiplication Facts

June 4, 2019 by Ashleigh | 9 Comments

Recently, I surveyed more than 20,000 teachers about their biggest challenge in math instruction. One of the most overwhelming responses was that their students don’t know their math facts. I have to agree that a lack of math fact understanding and memorization is an area of

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Teaching Equivalent Fractions

April 7, 2019 by Ashleigh | 5 Comments

After students have ample experience developing fraction number sense, they will come to the realization that some fractions have different names but are the same size. As we work with fractions, I introduce the term equivalent fractions, even though I am not currently teaching

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Introducing Fraction Concepts

March 24, 2019 by Ashleigh | 3 Comments

Fractions are a critical concept for upper elementary students, and fractions are a topic that often present some difficulty for students. Fortunately, there are MANY ways to make fractions meaningful and fun for students. In this post, I'll share some of my favorite strategies

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Multiplication Interventions

March 13, 2019 by Ashleigh | 4 Comments

In third, fourth, and fifth grades, there are few math concepts more important for students than multiplication. This builds the foundation of multiple other math topics and concepts. However, many students need additional instruction and remediation during and/or after their

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Teaching Multi-Step Word Problems

March 5, 2019 by Ashleigh | 2 Comments

Multi-part or multi-step word problems has to be one of — if not THE — most challenging topics of the year. These types of problems are difficult for my students to master, and it's not something quick or easy to teach. I've found saving units for multi-step word problems for the

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