Before the year ended, I surveyed grade level teams and asked what they wished students would come to their grade knowing. More than one grade expressed an interest in having the students master multiplication. So, while I try to wrap my mind around having 7 different RTI groups a day, I decided to start with […]
Math Summer Homework Log
I’m counting down the weeks. I’m seeing some of you have just a couple of days! I’m jealous but I keep reminding myself that if it started sooner, it would end sooner. I’ve been horrible about blogging. I remember before I started blogging, I would find it strange when people apologized for long breaks between […]
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 […]
Equivalent Fractions Take Two
I started this post this morning and was getting ready to head out. I hit publish instead of save and then immediately deleted the post. It still showed up on network blogger so I’m guessing it was on google reader too. Sorry about that. Let’s try this again. My students have been struggling with simplifying […]