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When it comes to third grade standards, there are a lot of them we have to teach. I often get questions about how to introduce perimeter and area. It is a challenging concept, but I love how hands-on we can make it. I wanted to share some of my favorite
At some point in every school year, we all have to teach opinion writing. Many teachers come to me wondering, well how in the world do I do that? My students struggle with just writing a paragraph! In this blog post I have listed out 5 of the best ways
Test prep can be such a dreaded time of year. But, I have found a lot of ways to make it a little more fun and that’s by using task cards for test prep! I sure don’t love testing, who does? I printed up a big stack of math and ELA
When I approach how to teach rounding every year we create anchor charts, practice, and play games until they finally start to get it because rounding numbers always seems to be a challenge for many of my students each year. I know from years of struggling with it that figuring
Struggling to determine the best way to approach teaching graphs to elementary students? There are so many different types of graphs that students need to be able to read and create, and I’ve finally gotten it down to best help my students be successful with reading and creating bar graphs,
Many teachers often ask me why or how to use task cards in the classroom, and I often tell them that they are a great way to quickly increase engagement in the classroom. There are various ways that task cards can be used in the classroom, and I can’t wait
Are you prepping to teach poetry, but just aren’t sure where to start? I’ve compiled a list of tips to make teaching poetry a cinch AND get your students loving it too. Tip #1: Use Relatable Poems to Teach Poetry This is a big one. You have to hook students
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how to teach common denominator, and I know that teaching this skill can get very tiresome quickly. All of the little opportunities for errors with making equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting, and when they think they are done, they must simplify
Teaching grammar skills can seem daunting, but after many years of trial and error, I have perfected the steps of teaching grammar that will keep my students engaged and excited. Each day’s grammar lesson is 10-15 minutes at most and we focus on the same topic throughout the week to
Teaching how to solve word problems is a huge standard in upper elementary math classes. Students have to be able to read the words and figure out what they need to do in order to solve the problems. Sometimes the word problems are straightforward and other times, students really have
Teacher productivity extensions from Google can make your teacher job even better! An extension is just a small, but full program that can make Google even more useful. If you decide you want to get some, you’re just going to go to the Chrome Web Store. Once you get there,
Games are such an effective tool for practicing skills in the classroom. Students are so engaged when playing games and we remember more of what we learn when we are having fun. I worked hard to incorporate games into my classroom on a very regular basis. My students played vocabulary
