Amanda Wilp

  • Planbook.com: Templates for Faster, Easier Lesson Planning

    I’ll begin with a confession; I am a total Type A kinda girl.  I like to have everything planned to a T.  I like everything to be organized.  I am a complete and total perfectionist.  And most of all, I like routine.  Shew, that was rough!  But hey, that’s just me.  🙂 When it comes […]

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  • Using Nets to Find Surface Area: A Free Math Activity

    Why does surface area have to be so intimidating?  My kids are excellent at calculating the areas of squares, rectangles, and triangles.  Buuuuuut, the second you throw multiple parts and pieces together, it becomes instantly overwhelming. To practice finding surface area, I passed out random nets to my students in class.  I asked them to […]

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  • Area of a Triangle: Discovering the Formula

    My area and perimeter unit is seriously one of my favorite things to teach in fifth!  I love the formulas, the real life math experiences, and the hands on learning that can happen.  This week, I did a simple, yet totally powerful demonstration to help my students discover, and most of all remember, the formula […]

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  • Checking Station: An Essential Component for Centers

    Whether you follow my blog often or this is your first visit, you need to know one thing about me; I love using centers in my classroom.  Several years ago, I had a checking station that just sort of……invented itself!  In my special education classroom, I supplied all of the classroom supplies, such as markers, […]

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  • Math Review Challenge: An Engaging Kahoot Activity

    Over the summer, I attended a conference designed for integrating technology into daily instruction.  I love learning and discovering new ideas to implement in my classroom.  One of the ideas that I have used often this year is Kahoot!  I even shared the above image on Facebook and Instagram, and had so many people commented […]

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  • Sorting Exit Tickets: A Freebie to Help Differentiate Easily

    Exit Tickets.  I seriously love them.  They have seriously shaped the style and format of my classroom over the last two years.  Rather than write paragraphs about my infatuation with Exit Tickets, below are four advantages that I have discovered through using Exit Tickets. In my heart, I believe that part of making all of […]

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