What I’m Working On This Week
Another busy week is in the books with some travel to San Antonio.. I can’t wait to share more about the Top Secret project in a few months!
Currently in a NEW YEAR!
Another year has begun and with the beginning of a new month means a new Currently with Oh Boy 4th Grade. Seriously this blog linky that Farley has been doing for ages now is one I look forward to each month even if I forget to actually do it. 🙂
Happy New Year with #dollardeals15 AND a Giveaway!
I am SOOO excited for 2015 and I hope you are too! I have teamed up with my new friends at Upper Grade Memoirs (a new collaborative blog for Upper Grade Teachers) to bring you some AWESOME deals as well as a HUGE giveaway! Just like the picture above says,
Problem Solving with Matchbook Flippables
Sometimes we as teachers just need something different in our classroom. I know that I’m one that can’t do the same thing over and over again and when I am able to find a new way to do some practice work, I’m all over it. Recently I started looking into
Shopping with Decimals and Percent Increase/Decrease Round Up
Recently on the 4mulaFun Facebook page, I asked everyone what math concept their students are struggling with. One stood out to me – decimals and percent increase/decrease. I immediately thought of doing a round-up of resources available online just for that concept – but with a fun “math in real
I Heart Math Holiday Hop
Note: Use this image to help you “hop” around. The advent calendar has a link to each day of the month HOWEVER, just like a real advent calendar, the posts do not “unlock” until 9 pm EST the night before the calendar date. ************ I can’t believe we have been
Giving Back to Teachers Near and Far
As we wrap up 2014 and head into the new year I would like to take today to give back. Today, Sunday, December 14th, 2014 I will be giving 25% of my sales to projects on Donors Choose to complete them before Christmas! This is a win-win because you will
Proportions are my FAVORITE thing!
Recently I asked on my Facebook page what teachers favorite thing to teach were and while the answers were as varied as those who responded, I got a lot of questions about why proportions were my FAVORITE thing to teach. When I began teaching middle school I was reminded of
Are you Nerdy? Linky Party
Do you remember doing Mad Libs when you were younger? I sure do and I loved them! My good friends Mel and Gerdy over at Getting Nerdy with Mel and Gerdy have started a new weekly linky party that I am so happy to have joined in on and I
Plethora of Resources for Teachers!
There’s two great websites for teachers that I want to make sure you all know about – Super Teacher Worksheets and Modern Chalkboard. Super Teacher Worksheets is a website with printable resources for elementary school teachers. They have over 10,000 printable activities on their website, and not just worksheets. They have hundreds of
21 Holiday Resources to Survive December!
It’s time for another round up of resources – this time we’re covering the Holiday Season! December is one of the hardest months to survive, even though we get a small vacation! The kids know vacation is coming, so their minds aren’t where they should be. All the better reason
Math in Real Life during Thanksgiving
It’s the first Wednesday of December which means it’s time for our monthly linky – Math IS 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