Best teaching tips, tricks, and anchor charts. Especially for elementary teachers, especially math teachers.
As a teacher myself, I feel like teacher appreciation week is a well-deserved week. Teachers put everything they have into their students. It is just who we are and it is nice to be appreciated. Both of my kids are young and in preschool. This means that each of them has 2-3 teachers. For me,…
As we all know, Staar is just around the corner! Third grade will be taking the Math Staar test next Monday. For the last couple of weeks, we have only been working on Staar Review. Question, after question, after question. Unfortunately, this gets a little boring, not only for the kids, but also for me….
Preparing for the Staar test is one of the most difficult tasks. There are so many different factors to focus on in order to make sure your students are successful. You have to look at learning standards for each student, checking for mastery. This is in no way easy to do. At my school, for…
Picking the best teacher baby shower gift can be difficult! Especially for elementary school teachers. Most of us are cutesy, have millions of kids’ books already, and are sometimes…well…particular on how we like things. No? Maybe that is just me? My Teacher Baby Shower Best Gift When I had my daughter, my co-workers threw me…
One of my favorite parts of the school year is when we start Staar review. This is when I have already covered all the material I will for the year. This happens, for me, about a month before the students take the dreaded Staar test. For an entire month, we spend our math block playing…
Teacher interventions might be one of the most important parts of your day. This is the time to make sure that some of those specific students are receiving the extra help they need. I have spent years trying to figure out the best way to work my interventions. However, I finally found a process that…