Let’s dive into the world of math education. As teachers, we understand the critical balance between introducing new concepts and ensuring students continually practice and reinforce their skills. Without ongoing practice, even well-taught concepts can slip away, which is why it's vital to integrate spiral review throughout the school year. But what does effective continual practice look like in the classroom? Traditionally, many educators rely on stacks of … [Read more...]
Keep Your Students Thriving Using Daily Reading Passages
"Who can tell me an INFERENCE you can make about Caroline in this text?" NO. ONE. RAISES. THEIR. HAND. "Can someone share what they think the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE for writing this text is?" ONE. HAND. UP. "Happiness?...no... Frustration?" Does this happen in your classroom? Of course it does! It happens in my classroom all the time! Students are STRUGGLING more than ever to keep what we are teaching in their minds EVERY. SINGLE. DAY! We are competing … [Read more...]
Earth Day Ideas
As Earth Day approaches, I thought I'd share some exciting and educational activities that I plan use to celebrate this day with my students. The BEST part is that they are all PRINT AND GO! We are all so busy this time of year that I was so thrilled to open up my "April" binder and pull out these activities and add them to the copy bin! I am an outdoors person and I spend a LOT of time talking about my gardens and I used my love of gardening and hiking in a … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Aquariums and Fish Tanks In Classrooms
Hey there. Let's talk about a magical little secret that can bring some peace and quiet into our hectic lives: fish tanks and aquariums. Over the years I have experienced many overstimulated children benefit from watching a classroom aquarium. Who knew that watching fish swim around could be so calming? Kids can be bundles of energy, bouncing off the walls one minute and melting into a puddle of exhaustion the next. But introducing a fish tank into their space can … [Read more...]
Classroom Fish Tank Project
For the past 15 years, I have been doing a project in my classroom that tops all of the other projects I do. It is the type of project that comes up in any conversations I have with past students who are back for a visit. Years ago, my brain conceived this project and it has only gotten better with time! When I do it, we create an ACTUAL FISH TANK in our classroom. Other teachers have used the project as more of a Project Based Learning project where students … [Read more...]
Teaching Fractions Can Create More Classroom Community
Fractions sometimes give teachers, especially newer teachers, the shivers! I remember when I first started teaching third grade, we would spend weeks on coloring in pre-partitioned fraction pictures. We talked about numerators and denominators. We talked about parts of a whole. We talked about part of a group. Then we moved on. NOW that is pretty much all in DAY ONE of the fraction unit! We are comparing fractions, putting fractions on the number line, talking … [Read more...]
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