Best teaching tips, tricks, and anchor charts. Especially for elementary teachers, especially math teachers.
When it comes to teaching measurement to third graders, I think it is one of the easiest concepts for the students to understand. However, each year, my students prove me wrong! We review, I think they are doing great, and then when they are tested, they don’t do well. I have spent many hours trying…
Classroom management is a buzzword we always hear as teachers. When it comes to managing your class, rules and expectations are two of the most important parts. Because this is the case, I have three consistent rules of classroom management. My Three Rules are Stay Safe, Stay Kind, and Follow Directions. These three rules cover…
Fact fluency games are one of my favorite ways to improve fact fluency. The kids, of course, love them too! At the beginning of the year, I start with addition. The first nine weeks is devoted to just addition games and strategies. By the end of the first nine weeks, most of my students have…
Today, I want to share with you my area and perimeter anchor chart and how it’s helped teach my third-grade math students the concept. Area and Perimeter: Difficult to Differentiate for Third Graders In third grade, my students have such a hard time distinguishing the difference between area and perimeter. This is the first time…
For me, parent-teacher conference day might be the most excruciating day of the year. The main reason for this is because the parents you really need to talk to never sign up or show up. The parents who do schedule conferences are the ones you have already met with a million times throughout the year….
I love this rounding anchor chart I have hanging in my classroom. Why, you ask? Rounding numbers is one of the hardest modules for my third graders. They have so much trouble understanding the entire concept of “rounding a number to a nearby value.” Not to mention, third grade is the first year they are…