It's been awhile since I've done a round up of activities – so this week I thought I'd share some activities for Volume and Surface Area! While we can always use our "textbook" to teach about various concepts in our classroom we know that it is always more fun we have interactive and engaging activities in the hands of our students. Volume and Surface Area Task Cards- Common Core and T ... View Post
Book Study: Guided Math Chapter 2
So happy to be here this week sharing some insights about the book Guided Math by Laney Sammons. I am taking the time to reach into using this in the upper elementary and middle school setting so please take time to read and feel free to leave a comment or two. As I was reading through the second chapter I really got into each of the Foundational Principals. Each of them struck a chord with me ... View Post
Left, Right, Answer Review from Live, Love, Math
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 of the year. I remember being on Facebook when Jennifer posted this awesome product and just thought to myself, “I HAVE to have ... View Post
Dollar Tree Finds for the Math Classroom
It's the first Wednesday of February 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 great ideas and REAL pictures to use in your classroom! If you are linking up, please include the below picture AND a link ... View Post
Preparing and Using Task Cards in Middle School
First of all, preparing any activities is always better when you have a latte in hand! After speaking with a group of teachers recently about the benefits of task cards in the classroom, I realized that not all teachers use them the same way. I started using them where each student received a task card and we simply passed them around the table or the room. This was great but this didn't get my ... View Post
To Do… Someday
We all have those lists of things we want to get done, want to read, want to bake, want to make... someday. And I will tell you that Pinterest hasn't helped me in that fact at all! I've blogged before about my "Want to Make" board on Pinterest but I could probably add in my Recipes or Dairy Free Recipes boards as well because it's all a "someday". Well today it's all about the books that I w ... View Post