Tips and tricks for teaching. Especially elementary school math.
Today I’m sharing an original first day of school activity that could also double as a meet the teacher night activity. In the past, meet the teacher night has been easy. I had either known the students from previous years or had their siblings in the past. Therefore, I knew almost every student in the…
Some of us are born right out of the womb as readers. Some of us are not. I was definitely one of the latter. It took me a long time to enjoy reading…pretty much anything. Luckily, I eventually found a passion for reading. But instead of with adult books, I love children’s books. I am…
Preparing your classroom for the end of the year is always the worst! We are always told that we have to take everything off the walls (just in case they decide to paint), and to move everything to the center of the room (in case they need to shampoo the carpets). Now, unfortunately, most of…
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…
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…