Each year, during testing, I try to give the kids something to be excited about. This year my team decided to make Thinking Caps. My kids are excited to wear the hats. I can’t count the number of times I’ve reminded them to take their hat off. Now I get to remind them to put […]
Archives for April 2013
Division in the Real World
How will I use this in real life? I asked that question all the time in school. This activity gives the students a chance to see how important division can be. What do we all wish would happen in the real world? Finding a pile of money, of course! I gave my students a pile […]
Tick, Tick, Tick
This time of year feels like a race against the clock. So much to teach and review with the state test looming. I’ve noticed that some of you are already testing. Ours will be the first two weeks of May. This week ticked by. There was no school Monday. I had a school business sub […]