"I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad..." Yes, that is me right about now singing along with the Sound of Music song as I'm writing this blog post. But enough about that, lets get onto what you are here for! My Favorite Holiday Activity While there are very few holiday activities that I have loved over the years, one that comes back to me time and time again ... View Post
Save Paper, Save a Tree!
Today I'm here to share with you a quick Teacher Tip so that you can save paper in your classroom! When you are prepping activities for Math Workshop that you need for multiple students to win, simply copy them on colored card stock (just a few for your station group) and then put them in one of these handy dandy document holders (or you can grab the Smart Pals from EAI here) and you can reuse ... View Post
Math Workshop: Working it Out in Middle School
For many people, implementing Math Workshop in Middle School is a foreign concept. I'm here to tell you that it doesn't have to be. You can make it work. I did and I honestly think that my students learned more because of it. Setting Up the Week Many of you know that I am a HUGE Interactive Notebook user and being so does not mean it is the only think that I do in my classroom, in fact using ... View Post
Update on Converting Rational Numbers (Fractions, Decimals and Percents)
With a new school year there is always a reason to change things up a bit in lessons and doing so in my Interactive Notebooks is no different. Back in September 2012, I created one of my first flippables for my official interactive notebooks and that has widely been seen around the internet. This Converting Rational Numbers flippable is my best seller on Teachers Pay Teachers individually with ... View Post
10 Ways to Stay Creative When You Aren’t Feeling It
So you are roughly four to six weeks into the school year and you are hitting some walls with lack of motivation and staying creative and there are days that you are asking yourself, "When is the next three day weekend?" Over the Summer we took time to recharge our batteries, get creative and have fun. As a teacher, we need to carve time out of our regular schedule to do just the same so that ... View Post
Making Geometry Click with Geometiles
Thinking back to my days in Geometry (and even before) it was always a struggle for me. There were so many concepts to connect together in such a short amount of time and it truly overwhelmed me. I never had a chance to investigate things with manipulatives longer than maybe a 20 minutes time span and never in high school when I truly needed it. Geometry quickly became my least favorite topic and ... View Post
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