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How To Prioritize End of Year Math Intervention Goals
When the weather starts to turn, the days start to get longer and the promise of summer vacation starts to become a reality. And yet every year around May I was completely caught off guard when I looked at the calendar and at the actual number of sessions left I
4 Area and Perimeter Activities That Bring Math To Life!
Area and perimeter can initially be difficult to remember for your 3rd and 4th grade students. Use these area and perimeter activities to bring math to life and your students will replace their confusion with concrete memories and deep understanding! Make It BIG! Using a material such as magnet tiles,
4 Geometry Activities For 2nd Grade Learners Who Love To Move
2nd graders aren’t known for their desire to sit still. Lean into their desire to get out of their seats with these geometry activities for 2nd grade students will inspire even your wiggliest learner to remember the difference between a hexagon and a quadrilateral. Build With Math Tools (and More!)
5 Fact Fluency Activities That Don’t Feel Like Work
Recognize Fact Relationships This first activity isn’t necessarily for your students- it’s for the teacher! Stop trying to teach so many math facts. If you consider every fact from 0+0 to 10+10 and all of the related subtraction facts you will need to instruct (and your students will need to
Celebrate the Season With 4 Simple Spring Math Activities
Here in Upstate New York, spring is a cause for major celebration. After months of hibernating we are finally able to open the windows, breathe fresh air and feel the sun. I love to lean into the excitement of the season to inspire and engage with some fun spring math
3 Hands-On Graphing Activities To Try With Your Students
When it comes to addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, place value… etc. we ALWAYS start with hands-on materials and math manipulatives. But is that always the case with graphing? These 3 hands-on graphing activities will boost your students’ understanding of data and graphing in a big way! Hands-On Graphing Activity
Why One Hands-On Tool Isn’t Enough When Teaching Addition and Subtraction With Regrouping
There is so much more to “hands-on” than any single math tool can offer when it comes to teaching addition and subtraction with regrouping. When I taught these skills for the first time, I was the special education teacher in a 4th grade integrated co-taught classroom. And yet, even in
Why Numberless Word Problems Are the Answer to Simple Differentiation
Word problems lend themselves so beautifully to differentiation- and yet sometimes it can seem like our most struggling learners can’t get a foot in the door. We know that searching for keywords isn’t the answer. So what is? Simple! Numberless word problems! When you implement a numberless word problems strategy,
One of My Absolute Favorite Math Differentiation Strategies
I wanted to share one of my absolute favorite math differentiation strategies. It ensures differentiation with no “extra” work. It allows an entry point for all students. It includes extension — again without any “extra” work on your part! And it works for most any topic and most any grade
How To Differentiate When You HAVE To Use the Workbook
It’s not uncommon for a district to tell it’s teachers that you must use the curriculum, lessons or workbook that they have purchased with fidelity. This may or may not fit your general teaching style but it can make differentiation feel like a daunting task. These 4 strategies can help you
