Total Class Participation
I work with a lot of different teachers across grade levels and the first question I love to ask when planning a lesson with another...
Starting a Makerspace In Your Classroom
Over the past couple of months I have been interacting with many teachers who are asking about makerspaces. Educators, administrators,...
Padlet
Do you struggle with the same students participating in every lesson? Do you want students to have an outlet for sharing ideas and...
Flipgrid!
Flipgrid is definitely one of my new web tool obsessions for the classroom! It is so engaging for ALL students and you can create a free...
SignUpGenius
I have used SignUpGenius now for multiple purposes both as an educator and personally! It is easy to use and helps to organize an event....
Books Online
I love offering my students access to as many books as possible. In my classroom, I have a very large classroom library that the students...
Multiplying & Dividing with Unknowns
In third grade one of the biggest mathematical goals is for students to master their multiplication and division basic facts within 100....
Equivalent Fractions
As I said in a previous blog Fractions in Third Grade, fractions are an abstract concept. I always start with concrete learning so that...
Fractions in Fifth Grade
I’m going to be honest, the first time I saw some of the “new methods” for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions I was...
Ugh! Fractions on a Number Line
Ugh! Number lines are tricky. Students always seem to have a difficult time understanding this concept. Here are some strategies and...
