So it’s January and we are all trying to recharge to make sure that we can make it through the last five months of the school year. There are limited breaks in the Spring and it also is now big “state testing” time for many that are coming up. So
I warned you that I have been full of ideas lately so hear goes ANOTHER post with a NEW idea! And I will give credit because the basic idea for this came from my lovely new math friends at Kirby Middle School. As I was walking around and ideas were
It’s been awhile since I did a post for Interactive Notebooks 101 and since I just got back from presenting a workshop I have PLENTY of tips to share. Every time I am at a workshop I get asked the same question over and over in some way, shape or
Almost a year ago I posted about Fraction Operations on my classroom blog and offered a FREEBIE flippable that I used with my students to review Fraction Operations. I hope that you can get some use out of this Flippable as well. Another day, another trip! Today’s trip was down
I love receiving pictures of Flippables that you create in your classroom with my Flippable Template Pack. Recently I received the following photos and I think they are just fabulous! And look how fabulous the inside is… And it didn’t stop there… She created another flippable for the Properties of
After receiving several questions lately on how I fit Interactive Notebooks into a classroom on a regular basis, I thought it would be good to repost this. I posted this back on June 15th, 2013 at All Things Upper Elementary. ************* Last month I brought up planning as what
This year I am TOTALLY into the Christmas spirit which for me (and my husband) has been a great thing. I have baked, I have wanted to decorate, we started buying some ornaments AND hubby found stockings he liked for us to actually start using yearly. Now, I know that
Every once in awhile things just need a FULL overhaul. Well, I have been slowly working on that in my store over the past few weeks to update my covers so they all flow well. Let me tell you that it is no easy task to get them done because
Here I am once again looking back at some older posts to link up with Second Grade Shenanigans and the Take Me Back Tuesday Linky Party. This time last year I had just had surgery to remove an 8mm kidney stone and was having a lot of problems because of
Do you ever start working on something and get lost in how long that you work on it because you are TOTALLY loving what you are doing? That is exactly how I feel about my most recent Ratios and Proportions Interactive Notebook bundle as it is my favorite so far!
Is it me or is the school year seeming to start flying by? We are already upon Halloween and all of the Winter Holidays are upon us as the calendar turns to November. Speaking of the calendar turning, it is the 28th and that means it is time for the
I’m often asked, “What is so different about Interactive Notebooks? Aren’t students just taking notes?” Well, yes and no. The basic definition of an Interactive Notebook is a notebook that combines items that have been learned in the classroom in an engaging manner and allows the student to follow up