Value of a Digit: Making Place Value Meaningful
Have you ever been teaching your place value unit and been feeling pretty good? Your kids can label the place value chart, build numbers with base ten blocks….and then things come to a screeching [...]
Organizing Guided Math (Place Value Edition)
Do you use guided math or small group instruction during your math block? I have done whole group math with the occasional partner game sprinkled in for novelty and a more math workshop approach. [...]
Welcome!
Wahoo! Do you see what I see? It is a brand new blog …and website!! The website is still a work in progress. I hope to have it complete as within the 2017 year (I [...]
How to Make the Most of It
A little bird might have told you that TpT is having a sale soon...or even a flock of birds...or maybe they even mowed you down in their excitement! LOL Yes. There is a sale. Surprise! [...]
Engaging Literacy Activities to End the Year!
I know that this is a wild and woolly time of year. The kids are ready to check out and check-in to summer! And well...so am I!!! Unfortunately, we still have some learning and assessing [...]
Guided Reading in a SNAP!
Guided reading can be so hard to wrap your hands (and mind) around. For the past few months, I have been diligently working behind the scenes talking with other teachers, organizing my own thoughts, and [...]
I Have to Teach Geometry…Now What?
Geometry can be a fickle thing to teach. In some ways, it is super simple. I mean, it IS just shapes!! However, in others it can be very difficult. First of all, how in [...]
Engaging Earth Day Fun and FREEBIES
Do you celebrate Earth Day in your classroom? When I was in third grade, we tied it into our science standard of recycling. In second grade, it was not part of our science standards, so [...]
Let’s Read Aloud…Or Not….
A few months ago I did a Facebook Live discussing the Do's and Don'ts of guided reading. You can check that video out here: I think one of the things that surprised me most, and [...]