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Right now many teachers and families are learning how to cope with this new normal of working from home, distance learning, and so much more. I know it’s an incredibly stressful time! I wanted to give teachers and families a fun way to practice math skills at home with just a simple deck of playing cards! When schools first started… Read More
During guided math, my students went to 3 math rotations a day. Teacher table, independent work, and math centers. I love, love, LOVE using math centers in the classroom! I loved meeting with my small groups at teacher table and teaching each small group at an appropriate level. Then, students would leave teacher table and complete differentiated independent work. There… Read More
I don’t know about you, but I love Fridays. There’s something about the happiness of a Friday that makes us as teachers change things up a little bit. In my 2nd grade classroom we always had “Free Choice Friday” for the last 20 minutes of the day, but in the morning, I wanted a new tradition. That’s when I started… Read More
Being a teacher and a mom can be quite a struggle. If you’re anything like me, it’s hard to balance being a teacher mom! Back when I was pregnant, my husband and I used to joke that when we had our daughter, I’d be “in charge” of the early education. You know, baby/toddlerhood all the way to about 5th grade…. Read More
At the end of second grade or beginning of 3rd grade, it’s usually time to start introducing multiplication! If I had a quarter for every time a 2nd grader asked me when we were going to learn multiplication I’d be… well, I’d have a decent number of quarters. But in all honesty, my 2nd graders always wanted to learn multiplication… Read More
I am so excited to share with you my very first FREE email series all about teaching addition strategies! Teaching Addition Strategies: Goodbye Standard Algorithm If you’re a 1st or 2nd grade teacher, you should definitely be saying SEE YA LATER to the standard algorithm. Listen, I’m not saying you can’t show it to your students. But I AM saying… Read More
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Have you grabbed your free bingo board and game guide for math with playing cards? These are perfect to send home with first & second grade families!
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I love having these synonym posters up for students to use to strengthen their writing! ed.gr/cb1qi
What do you do when students don't finish independent work? Read how I set up successful guided math independent work! ed.gr/cb178
