Do you need a strategy to help kids with decoding multisyllabic words? Spot and Dot is a strategy for helping kids break apart multisyllabic words. In order for kids to be successful, they need to…
Are you feeling like Michael Scott during the end of the school year? Those last weeks can be a time full of chaos and stress. Between the end of the year activities and information overload,…
I remember that memorizing multiplication facts was something my mom used to make me do every day. And I remember that I despised it. But you know what? I am so glad she made me…
Raise your hand if you find it harder to teach time in this age of digital clocks and cellphones. Both my hands are raised! Yet analog clocks are part of most state standards. Not only…
You give a child (who loves brownies) the option of having 1/2 of a brownie or 1/8 of a brownie. They pick 1/8 of a brownie. Can you guess why? Teaching fractions can be such…
Videos are a great tool for reaching the students in your class that are visual. Fractions are a difficult concept to teach without visuals so I try to incorporate them as much as I can.…
Are you getting ready to take the BIG state test? It used to not be my favorite time of year but I've come to LOVE it. You're probably thinking I'm crazy for loving this stressful…
Does your class have morning meetings? I really saw a change in our classroom environment when I started implementing them daily in my classroom. It all began when I read The Morning Meeting Book a…
Task cards are a great tool to use in the classroom. Do you ever find yourself using task cards the same way every time? Today I'm sharing three ways you can use task cards to…
Area and perimeter. Those two words can be so confusing to 3rd graders. And it can drive teachers crazy! They are either adding all the sides to find the area or multiplying the length and…