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
Using Solve & Snips in Interactive Notebooks
Recently I was asked by some of my followers on ways to use my Solve and Snips as a review for the end of the year testing. They wanted to continue to use Interactive Notebooks so that their students would keep up with them and create an entire resource section for them. So first, you will need to create a new section just for review. You can call this your "Show What You Know" section for your ... View Post
8 Awesome Pi Day Activities!
While I am on Spring Break this week, so many of you around the states (and beyond) aren't and with that you have the pleasure of being able to celebrate Pi Day on Friday! I am BEYOND jealous and with that I have scoured the web for some great Pi Day Activities. I have created a Pi Day board on Pinterest where I have been sharing them over the past few weeks and it is definitely getting a bit of ... View Post
Relating Students to Word Problems
Think about this... If you had the choice, and the time, to read any book of your choosing would it be one you were truly interested in or one that you had no feeling for? most of us would choose the one we would appreciate and relate to from prior experiences. By now you are probably asking yourself, "Where are you going with this?" This is simple... when we read we are more likely to construct a ... View Post
