Teaching about holidays is a great opportunity for students to learn about different cultures and traditions from their classmates, whether they celebrate the same holiday or different ones. But it can be tricky – I will never forget my first year of teaching elementary school when I had children who were Christian, Muslim and Jehovah’s Witness in one small class….
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This year my students have been using a leveled website to work on basic facts in addition and subtraction. Last week many students finished all of their addition facts and were moved on to subtraction. As soon as they did, I had a lot of complaints about how much harder it was. One particular kiddo told me “my brain keeps…
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The ordinary dice is indeed a very versatile object; not just associated with a plethora of board games – but also serves its purpose as an important tool of learning – a math manipulative to be precise. Here’s one way of how you can use a simple six-sided dice to graph data on a line plot. But first of all,…
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Gratitude! It is something we all look to practice a bit more in our lives, so we are offering this fun, free Thanksgiving freebie! Perfect to fill in time at the end of a language arts lesson pack, or to soak up a few extra minutes of class time before and after the Thanksgiving holiday. Want your kids to consider…
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If I’m being honest with you, I really love every single holiday. It’s so fun having a reason to celebrate! Growing up, my mom was the best at making fun seasonal treats. She made little witch hat cookies with Hershey’s kisses at Halloween, little turkeys with fudge stripe cookies at Thanksgiving and rice crispy treat nests at Easter. I have…
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