Making connections between addition subtraction is so important. I love using fact families for this. Fact Family “Turn Around” Dance To introduce fact families, we do the turn around dance. Kids hold up a fact and we sing as they make a new fact that is true. It helps them see a great visual and […]
Using Dollar Bills to Teach Place Value
Anytime we can relate a math lesson to real life, student interest increases. My go to real life example is money. Over the years, whenever teachers dump things on the free table, I collect the play money. I’ve used it from Kinder to 6th grade and the enthusiasm never dwindles. Play Money as a Math […]
Stinky Feet
When I saw this sight word linky it brought up such a great memory of a game that we played in second grade called Stinky Feet. Stinky Feet is a simple site word game. First, you write sight words written on cards shaped like feet. On some of the cards, you write ‘stinky feet’. Students […]
Syllable Packet
I’ve finished my second Super Star Skill Packet and I’m having my first give away. This packet has more than the compound word packet freebie. The packet contains a two page pretest and two page post test. All the tests have answer keys to make your life easier. There are three game variations. There are […]
Compound Word Freebie
This freebie is the result of a wonderful team of teachers that I worked with for many years. We wanted our students to do well on the state test so we picked out essential skills. Then we created pretests and posttests for them. They were kind enough to allow me to use those pre and […]