Every year about this time I start wondering where did the school year go. It never ceases to amaze me the things that we can fit into the last few weeks, or even days, to keep our students engaged. I’ve been doing some blog and TpT stalking and have found
It has been quite awhile since I have done a Five For Friday and caught people up on the regular weekly shenanigans around here so I figured it was about time to do some catching up. Sunday we were headed to my aunt’s for Mother’s Day (my mom and aunt
A question that I get asked regularly via email or workshops and session is, “What do you do about students who are absent? How do they follow along with their Interactive Notebooks?” In my classroom I had a file crate with hanging file folders labeled 1-31. In each of these
While working on the final Sixth Grade Interactive Notebook Unit on Equation and Inequalities I started thinking about the algebraic reasoning skills that I would, in an ideal world, LOVE for my students to know coming to me. Modeling equality is the first thing that came to me as in
I love being able to share resources with other Secondary teachers when I am out doing workshops and online. I don’t have time to go and research all of those on my own so this is your time to shine! Rules are pretty simple… You MAY link up an unlimited number of blog posts
It’s the first Wednesday of May 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 back and find some
I know it’s been awhile since I have blogged and I promise I’ve some great excuses reasons. Just a little catch up as the crazy busy week continues. Meet Buddy the newest member of our family. He is 3 months old today and so much fun. We rescued him from
The end of the school year is starting to arrive for many of us as every time I open Instagram or Facebook I see teachers who are counting down in some way (mostly counting the Mondays remaining). During this time of the year students are antsy and they want to
Recently I posed the above question on my Facebook Fan Page to spark a conversation on not only which of the two, or both, that teachers used but also why they chose that. After the first day it was very obvious that most teachers were using only warm-ups in their
Just a few weeks ago I posted about using Diagrams in Interactive Notebooks. This week I received a fabulous email from a follower about how she used it right away in her classroom. Thanks Kristie! Hi Jenn, I wanted to share with you a foldable that I created after reading
Hello there! I’m Danielle from Live Love Math and I am so excited to share my review of 4mulaFun’s super cool twist on using task cards in the classroom. About a month ago, I was on spring break and like many teachers, was thinking about what I was going to do for the rest
I love being able to share resources with other Secondary teachers when I am out doing workshops and online. I don’t have time to go and research all of those on my own so this is your time to shine! Rules are pretty simple… You MAY link up an unlimited number of