Today I had a challenging lesson in Math: Finding decimals on the number line. One of the things I miss about 2nd grade is knowing exactly what they knew and didn’t know and having a clear understanding of prerequisite skills. Today, I realized while teaching my first period of math that my students didn’t have […]
Archives for September 2012
Four Sentence Types Foldable
My ELD class is focusing on sentences this month. I thought our lesson on the four sentence types would be a great opportunity for me to try out my first from-scratch foldable. I was nervous. Coming from 2nd grade, the idea of having them fold and fold and fold and cut from verbal directions… what […]
Halloween Clipart- Commercial Use OK
I’ve been working hard to get my Halloween Clipart ready in time for people to use before Halloween. I’m super excited to share these with you. They are all $1 off at my TPT store. I’d like to give one of each away in a simple way. I will give one to the first person […]
Using a Nerf Gun to Teach Coordinate Grid
With standards, curricula, testing, and everything hanging over our heads, it can feel like there isn’t time for fun. There is. Fun can fit right with all those things. This week, I took a risk. I bought a little nerf gun and turned our white board into a coordinate grid. We had a blast. Well, […]
Teach Like a Champion
Several years back we had a wonderful principal that got our staff excited about Professional Development. He would bring us a book each year and we would use it to inspire us to be better teachers. I think many people on my staff would say that the book Teach Like a Champion was our all […]