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Creativity is Problem Solving

August 29, 2015 By Mercedes Hutchens Leave a Comment

As education continues to see budget cuts, one of the first things cut is art.  Art is seen as something extra that isn’t necessary.  Teachers are told to focus on Common Core Standards and critical thinking.  There just isn’t time for things like art. This week, I had the incredible opportunity to witness a conversation […]

Filed Under: Math, Technology Tagged With: Art, Khan, Math


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Peek at My Week

August 23, 2015 By Mercedes Hutchens Leave a Comment

Monday will be my first day teaching Intervention this year.  I’m excited to be joining Deedee Wills for Peek at My Week for my first time. I teach 7 grade levels.  I’ve had to learn to plan in a completely different way as an intervention teacher.  When I was a homeroom teacher, I planned day […]

Filed Under: Math, Uncategorized Tagged With: Peek at My Week


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My Ocean Theme Classroom

August 22, 2015 By Mercedes Hutchens 7 Comments

Having an ocean themed classroom makes my students happy. Honestly, it makes me happy! When students enter my room for intervention for the first time, they look around wide eyed and smile.  Students that come to me year after year still look around and find something new. While theme rooms can be busy and overwhelming, […]

Filed Under: Back to School, Classroom, Classroom Set Up Tagged With: Classroom Set Up, Ocean Theme


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Memorize is NOT a Bad Word

August 15, 2015 By Mercedes Hutchens Leave a Comment

“Students shouldn’t be encouraged to memorize facts.  They should be using strategies.” Everytime I go to a training, someone is saying this.  As an intervention teacher who has worked with 6th graders who are adding 5 +3 with their fingers still, it is frustrating. The explanaition is that as we teach students strategies for facts, […]

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Fact Fluency, Multiplication


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Progress Reports for Intervention Groups

August 6, 2015 By Mercedes Hutchens Leave a Comment

Progress Reports for intervention are essential. It gives the student a chance to share their success with their families. Progress Reports for Intervention Sometimes people complain when there isn’t a system for something, I just create one.  When I became an intervention teacher, there wasn’t much of a system in place.  There was just the […]

Filed Under: Intervention Tagged With: Data, Intervention, RTI


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