Making 2 Digit Regrouping Stick!!
Seriously, this is one of the trickiest skills to teach and there are so many great ideas out there on HOW to teach it. One of those great ideas came from the Magic of Math by Amy and Hope. My…
Category: math
Ninja Math Fact Brag Tags
This year I have been using Amy Lemon’s Ninja Fact Masters as my math fact fluency program and it has been AWESOME! My kids are really kickin’ those math facts (see what I did there?) Ha! They love moving up and earning…
Star Wars Math
As I mentioned in earlier posts- May the Fourth was a celebration of EPIC proportions at my school. The whole school was in the Star Wars spirit and my little classroom was brimming with Star Wars learning. I remember LOVING…
Double Double Toil and Trouble
I finally found time to make these little cuties with my firsties. We have been working so hard on learning our doubles facts that I wanted them to have a little extra fun by making this mathtivity. Plus it provided…
Big Dice!!
Is there anything better than huge dice?! I have been on a dice quest lately. Please tell me I’m not the only whack a doodle that obsesses over the perfect manipulative? I recently added the smallest dice in the world…
Hopping Into Place Value!
My kiddos are loving the place value activities from Regan Tunstall’s Guided Math Place Value Unit. I have been using her activities in my math workshop and the kids LOVE them. I use Math Expressions as my primary resource because…
Number Partner Fun!
I am completely in LOVE with Deanna Jump and DeeDee Wills Guiding Firsties Math Workshop activities. My school uses the Math Expressions curriculum and I have been able to integrate this workshop model into my math block. We used this…
Composing Teen Numbers with Legos
Working with students to compose teen numbers can be tricky. I love getting my students engaged in learning through Legos. What kid can resist working with Legos? Uh, none! So I came up with this lesson to practice composing teen…
Summer Teacher Mommy
Learning never ends when your mom is a teacher! Summer teacher mommy needs to rock all summer long. But, let’s be honest- it is SUMMER VACATION and I want to enjoy every minute of it with my kids. So there…
