Helping Special Education Teachers Deliver Effective Interventions
I don’t know about you, but the holiday season is TIGHT on the budget. I am always looking for ways to win over my kids without spending a small fortune. At our school, our students have 1:1 iPads. My husband said and his fellow fourth grade teaching partner always gave their students an iPad game […]
I’m excited to join the Focused on Fifth gang as we count down ’til the big day, Twelve Days of Christmas style! Today’s theme is all about holiday themed MATH! I absolutely love using holidays to incorporate word problems into instruction and spiral review. I have also loved giving my students the opportunity to create […]
I feel like I’ve been filling my blog with so many geometry activities lately, and today will be no exception. #sorrynotsorry This is seriously one of my favorite units. This week, we were finally ready to dive into three-dimensional objects! I partnered up my students, passed out a handful of blocks, and gave them a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
