Kids love to cut things up, especially things that they aren’t allowed to cut up… So when it was time to review money during our fractions unit, I thought it might be fun to let them chop up some money! (Play money, of course, but it was still just as fun!) This lesson turned out […]
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Base 10 Flashcards are easy to make and easy to use. They are great for simple place value practice, for building mental math skills, and for helping kids develop number sense. I like to make mine on half-size pieces of colored cardstock. (I prefer not to laminate because of the glare.) You can draw the
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Alternative Title: “Why does my husband (with high school diploma) make $20,000 more than me (with Masters degree) every year?” The inconsistencies between my salary and my husband’s were bothering me for quite awhile, enough so, that one day I sat down and did the math. And what I uncovered was shockingly depressing… It all
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This is my new favorite thing! Everyday my kids follow the same routine for our one hour Reading Block. It goes like this: Mini-lesson (read-aloud/think-aloud) 15 min Read to Self 15 min Buddy Reading 15 min Choice Time 15 min I’ve tried Daily 5, Four Blocks model, literacy centers, rotations, etc, but this
For some kids, using context clues to determine the meaning of a word just seems to come naturally. They read a few sentences, zoom in on the clues, and infer the word meaning easily. Unfortunately, the majority of my students struggle with vocabulary and using context clues. I’ve found the key to helping students uncover
Rounding is one of those concepts that seems so simple but always blows my kids minds! There are a bunch of different rhymes that students can memorize but in the end I want my kids to understand rounding not just follow a memorized procedure. These are my two favorite: 1, 2, 3, 4Round down to
After trying just about everything I finally figured out a restroom procedure that works! It’s simple, efficient, and doesn’t interrupt our learning. Here’s what we do… First of all, students no longer have to ask to go to the restroom. I find that distracting so I love that students are now responsible for taking care
I have always been fascinated by the idea of teaching reading. As a child, I don’t remember learning to read, it was just something I knew how to do. It seemed to be a natural progression from listening to bedtime stories and watching the words on the page go by to suddenly knowing the meaning
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