Awe, the freshness of a new year! I enjoy setting goals to become a better teacher and I take advantage of the new year to assess how I am doing and ways I can improve. Like most teachers, I want to … [Read more...]
Mathematical Mindsets: A Collaborative Book Study 8
This chapter was "preaching to the choir" for me. I know that current testing culture is ruining children's math perceptions and love. Overtesting in the United States has lead to states, districts, … [Read more...]
Start the Math School Year with some Fun!
Math needs to be fun! And it should be also be engaging and challenging and rewarding and inspiring and motivating and _______ . But unfortunately too many adults and students don't think so and … [Read more...]
End of Year Class Traditions
I teach a 4/5th grade combo class. My 5th graders are moving on to middle school, so we do a couple of traditions to mark the transition. We don't do to much, as our middle school is right across the … [Read more...]
Math Log – Fractions Day 4 (Fun FREEBIE for you)
Using our fraction kits, we played a game (from Marilyn Burns) called Cover-up. To play, everyone needs their fraction kit and you need a dice with these written on each side (1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/8, … [Read more...]
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