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  • FAQ: Bubble Pages: What do you need to know?

    Let’s start with the basics. What are Bubble Pages?   Bubble Pages are teacher-created, leveled pages that include tasks for students to complete independently over the course of the school week.  When I develop my Bubble Pages, I typically ask that my students complete fifteen tasks per week.  Meaning, I am asking them to complete […]

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  • Bubble Pages for READING: What do you need to consider?

    You have no idea how many questions and comments I receive asking if it is possible to use my bubble pages in reading.  I am here to tell you that it is totally and completely possible!  I actually developed bubble pages for my special education reading groups.  However, by the time I actually posted my […]

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  • Math Races: The Math Game Your Students Will Beg to Play

    I absolutely love math centers.  If you’ve followed me for long, you already know that’s old news.  A few weeks ago, I created a Christmas “Scavenger Hunt” to review basic computation.  My students and I absolutely loved it, and it completely inspired a year round game to play in math centers.  So far, I’ve used […]

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  • Unanswered Questions: An Inquiry Project to Engage Students

    Today’s post is 100% stolen from my husband.  He teaches fourth grade, and has amazing ideas!  I am constantly encouraging him to embark on a blogging journey of his own.  Buuuut, since he won’t do it, I’ll totally hijack his good ideas! In his classroom, he teaches his entire social studies curriculum during the first […]

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  • Mean, Median, and Mode: An Activity Your Students Will Love

    This past week, my kids and I have been dividing into the data world!  By Friday afternoon, we were ready to practice finding the mean, median, mode, and range of various data sets. I “popped” a bowl of popcorn for each group of students, and handed them a recording page.  The recording page required the […]

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  • 5 Simple Strategies for Being a More Reflective Teacher!

    What do you think of when you hear the word ‘reflect’?  I always think back to college.  We had to write reflections after everything!  It was tiring, and often seemed pointless.  Now that I’m livin’ the dream, I realize that reflecting is a critical tool to becoming better each and every day. So how can […]

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