When I began teaching Middle School math, I became apparently aware that my students detested working with word problems. It didn't matter if I worked them with them, I asked them to show their strategies, or even let them work with partners or in groups... they HATED them. But I didn't know why. I had to think about... my students who had been sitting in similar math classes for the last five ... View Post
5 Football Activities to Get You Ready to Rumble!
Blue 22, Blue 22... hut, hut! I can’t even begin to think of how many times I’ve heard phrases like that on tv and have no clue what it means! While I may not know a ton about football I sure know that the boys, and even some of my girls, LOVE when it is time to bring out the football activities in math class! This time of year we are heading into Super Bowl weekend and what better time to bring i ... View Post
Creating New Years Goals
Can you believe that we are coming close to the end of 2018? This means that when we go back to school we will have started a brand new year. I don’t know about your students but with mine there always seemed to be a HUGE maturity change over the winter break. Because of this, it made a perfect time for us to set new goals not only to keep with traditions of making resolutions but also b ... View Post
Spanish Solve And Snips You Say?
Why yes, yes I do! Many teachers have reached out to me wishing that my resources also came in Spanish. I have acquired an amazing translator to work with me to get all of my resources translated just for you! First up is the Solve and Snips! These interactive word problems, that are also self-checking, are perfect to use in an ESL or Bilingual classroom. All teacher pages will remain in English ... View Post
Book Study: Guided Math Chapter 3
So happy to be here talking about Guided Math in the Upper Elementary and Middle School classroom once again. If you missed last week's post, feel free to jump back over and check it out. For years I had students working on a warm-up when they entered my classroom. Middle school students were reluctant at times to get this started much less complete it during the time allowed. All of this led ... View Post
Bundles of Savings through April 29th
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 be interacting with anything that they do. Worksheets are the LAST thing that they want to do especially when it's nice outside. I have ... View Post
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