I love teaching area and perimeter. There are so many ways to make the lessons engaging and relevant to students. This post if full of ideas for teaching area and perimeter. These lessons were created for my fourth grade class but can be adapted to any grade level. If you want

In this post I can't offer you any eye-catching graphics or fun classroom displays. But, I would feel like I was holding out if I didn't share one of our new favorite classroom games. Notice the "our". My students and I agree on this one! Typically they favor games that offer a

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

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 traditional five paragraph essay. Fun stuff! Maybe I'm dating myself, but the only thing

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

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

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

Every bone in my body wants to stick my head in the sand and pretend that I don't have to worry about state testing this year. I don't want to think about it. At all. I would much rather completely ignore testing, but I wouldn't be doing anyone any favors. If I wait until

I surveyed more than 20,000 teachers about their biggest challenge teaching math, and the overwhelming response was that students don’t know their multiplication facts. We've all experienced it. Some students easily memorize their multiplication facts, and other students