Addition and subtraction with regrouping is a tough concept! This concept is abstract and often our students are not ready to understand the process. In this post I will highlight some strategies I use to help my students become great…
Teaching upper elementary does not mean you have to miss out on all the holiday fun! Try this fun Thanksgiving writing activity with your big kids before Thanksgiving break. As Thanksgiving approaches, I love taking time to help my students…
Common Core requires third graders to begin to find the central message of their fictional texts. This means the theme or message will be written in a short sentence. Instead of “Friendship” students will have to choose a phrase like…
Multiplication is a big deal in 3rd grade. It’s the first thing that pops in my mind when I think of 3rd grade math. I make an effort to spend a lot of time really teaching my students the math…
In my previous post, I wrote about branching out from traditional number talks and incorporating content. You can read my post about what this looks like in my classroom & the benefits I saw from making this change. Today, I…
I love the idea of beginning my math class with number talks. My students were engaged in discussion with their peers about the computation process. They were sharing different ways to solve the same problem. There were lots of smiles…
I certified in Literacy: Reading and Language Arts in 2017. This is one accomplishment that I am very proud of but it was also one of the hardest things I have ever done. The idea that only “40% pass their…
