Math

  • 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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  • 5 Strategies to Help Your Students Generate Questions

    Yesterday, I shared my weekly post in the Building Mathematical Comprehension book study.  As I said in that post, this chapter is so long and full of great ideas.  So full, that I had to break it up into two posts.  Today’s post is all about the strategies that Sammons suggests to help your students […]

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  • Shape Clubs!

    Last week, I wrapped up my unit on shapes.  More specifically, shape hierarchy.  My kids had a good basis for shapes and terminology such as opposite angles and parallel lines but couldn’t connect how some shapes could be classified in more than one category.  I mean, is it just me, or is this a difficult […]

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  • Math Routines!

    Several weeks ago, I received an email from an oh so sweet follower, that asked how I worked in math warm ups, journals, exit tickets, math videos, and task cards into my day.  As I answered her question, I knew that many others may have similar questions and this would be a great blog post […]

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  • Solve & Turn FREEBIE!

    I don’t know about you, but I am always looking for new games to engage my students and practice various skills.  Several months ago, I had a last minute schedule change and needed a random little time filler.  My best ideas come to me when I am not planning ahead and am flying by the […]

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  • Create-a-Graph Scavenger Hunt Freebie!

    By the fifth grade, I’ve noticed that although they have worked on graphing for many years in prior grades, they still need help and plenty of practice with answering questions correctly about data as well as vocabulary associated with graphing. Today, my students and I created our own scavenger hunt by each making our own […]

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