Teaching Students to Compose Strong Narrative Leads
We recently finished our writing unit on personal narratives. As with all of my units, I like to take a little time to reflect on
Three Great Picture Books for the Beginning of the School Year
The start of a new school year is just around the corner. As I started looking through my plans for the first couple of weeks,
Math Conferences when Students are Stuck
It seems like feelings toward challenging math problems tend to lean toward extremes. Students either really enjoy them or they really don’t. Many of my
Maximizing Math Conferences
I hope everyone is having a great summer! If you’re like me, thoughts are starting to swirl around in your head for the next school
A Pinterest Inspired Gratitude Activity
Happy summer everyone! (Or maybe almost summer to some) We finished at the end of May, and I have been using my time to catch
2017-18 School Year Reflection – Successes
Wow! I can’t believe another school year has already come to an end. Our last day was Thursday, and I feel like I have been
Shades of Meaning
Hello Everyone! During writing workshop, it can be hard to get students to break out of their comfort zone when it comes to word choice.
Creating a Math Challenge Bin
On an earlier post, I shared some upgrades to my math workshop. One of my favorite upgrades was creating a challenge bin for some of
Screencastify: An Awesome Chrome Extension
Many of my teaching goals this year revolve around math instruction. One of the items on my list was finding a more effective way to
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