Math can get a bit tedious, for both students and teachers. So what can we do to break up the average mundane class period? Have some fun! How can we have fun and still reinforce concepts – with games! Here’s several games that reinforce different math concepts for almost all
We all know that having the right teacher bag makes all of the difference. I can’t count how many bags I have gone through over the years because there have just been that many. Some of them I got for free from various conventions or workshops and then others I
Recently I received a question on Facebook that asked: Hello, I am in need of other resources to use for my 7th & 8th math class. Do you have any suggestions of manipulative, programs, resources that you use? After teaching middle school for several years I decided to pull into my past
It’s the first Wednesday of February which means it’s time for our monthly linky – Math In Real Life!! If you want to see how the linky works, or just want other real world math ideas, check out our Pinterest Board of all the posts so that you can look
Papers, papers EVERYWHERE! Papers, papers… do I care? Yes, there are times I want to shout this cheer from the mountaintops when the papers on my desk start to take over. I’ve gathered a few tried and true tips for you to not only successfully rid yourself of the unnecessary
So excited to be linking up with the AMAZING Farley once again for this month! Love her to pieces and even got to see her this past month when we met up for dinner. Listening: DVR is our best friend! We rarely ever watch anything live which is great
Hi all! Meg, Jennifer’s assistant here, with a guest post from Angie of Lucky Little Learners. Jennifer’s still recovering from her surgery, and some great teaching bloggers have offered to step in and blog in her place. I hope you enjoy this post from Angie, I know I learned several great
So you downloaded some files last week and you know you saved them on your computer (flash drive, Dropbox, etc.) but now you totally can’t find them? This is the case off a many people and just like you I am MEGA guilty! Does your computer desktop look like a
In our teaching programs, we all learned about the different sides of the brain and different learning types. But with the recession, many schools lost the programs that helped reach all learning types – especially art. Art is more than just creating beautiful pieces, many of the great master painters
Every year I think that I am going to be the best at managing the supplies in my classroom over the course of 7 class periods (or even one class when I taught Elementary) and one thing leads to another and life happens. It could be that we get too
Remember that day when you woke up at 3 am sick as a dog (or maybe it was your child) and you knew that today just wasn’t your day already? Not only were you sick but you had left your classroom in complete dissaray the day before and were planning on
Welcome to the first of a series of posts this month about Clearing Teacher Clutter. I was inspired to write this post after I was reading the most recent Real Simple magazine and it was talking about how so many of us vow to organize and clear out the clutter