You're teaching math. You teach conceptually and consistently incorporate concrete, pictorial, and abstract representations. Your lessons are engaging and relevant. You give students the opportunity to practice and provide feedback. You provide opportunities for discussion and
Why Students Need to Play Nerdle
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
Summer Themed Reading and Writing
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
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
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
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
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
Test Prep Starts Now
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
Teaching Multiplication Facts
Teaching multiplication facts is certainly a challenge. 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
Multiplication Resources Part 2
This post is the second part of my multiplication series. It focuses on teaching multi-digit multiplication with area models, partial product, and incorporating problem solving. If you missed the first post in the series, you can find it here.
Week 4 1-Digit By 4-Digit
On the