Fancy Ideas for the Everyday Classroom
Georgia Grown Kiddos, a fellow bloggy buddy, had a GREAT idea for a little virtual Spring Cleaning. I don’t know about you but I need to clean up my Teachers Pay Teachers Wish List- there are things on there that need to move to my cart and into my classroom! Here are the TpT Spring Cleaning goals for this weekend,… Read More
I am excited to share my new math center, perfect for spring! Egg-cellent Improper Fraction Match Up! As I was perusing the Dollar Section of Target (aka heaven on earth) I noticed these cute foam cracked egg cut outs. They came in a set of 8 for a buck and I had to have them even before I knew what… Read More
Does anyone else love how the month of March just sneaks up on you? Today I am linking up with Farley and sharing my March Currently with you all… Listening: it has been a VERY hot and dry winter in Southern California, but the rains came yesterday and it is much needed! I love, Love, LOVE listening to the rain…. Read More
Have you heard? Teachers Pay Teachers has reached THREE MILLION teacher members! How AMAZING is that?! I am joining in on the fun buy putting EVERYTHING in my store on sale starting tomorrow! In addition, Tpt is offering buyers 10% off using promo code TpT3. This means you will get 28% off! Come check out the other teachers that are… Read More
This past week I introduced Equivalent Fractions. To introduce them we did a group sort where they were given a group of 100 different fractions and in various representations: area model, number line, dots, bars, word form and fraction form. Each group had to work collaboratively to sort them the best way they thought. Some students got it, while others struggled…. Read More
It is almost Valentine’s Day and I am getting geared up to pull out this goodie from my file: I created this set because Algebra can be really difficult for some kids due to the abstract thinking and the introduction of letters replacing the empty box or other fun shape that they have seen in previous grades. My Fall in… Read More
