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 […]
Rise
Recently, I asked my friend and coworker, Jen Ellison, to write a guest blog post about Khan Academy and how she has used it to inspire our students. I also shared about a loss that we experience recently. Saturday we will be taking some students to a special event hosted by Khan Academy and Google. […]
Coding with Khan
I am lucky to be part of a wonderful team of Specialists. Our school schedule allows our grade level teams to collaborate daily while their kids go to Specials. We have Fitness, Art/Engineering, and Global Investigations as our specials. Sometimes students are referred to Surf Lesson (Intervention) with me during Specials time. Our Global […]
Multiplying Multi-Digit Numbers: 3 Strategies
Multiplying multi-digit numbers can be a challenge for 5th graders. But, these three strategies help students make sense of it. Most of us learned a short cut in school to help us multiply multi digit numbers known as the standard algorithm or traditional algorithm. One thing we as teachers need to be careful of is […]
Creating a Google Form to Gather Info
I started playing with Google Forms last year and I’m really excited about how much easier it is going to make my life this year. Yesterday, I told you that I will be embedding Google Forms on my Weebly website to gather data from teachers I work with. As promised today, I’ll explain a […]