The Christmas Project: A Real-Life Math Project for December
Christmas is coming and you have a lot to do! Besides hosting Christmas dinner, you’re hosting the annual Family and Friends Sleigh Ride, cutting
Using Exit Slips in the Classroom
Exit slips are reflections that students write after a lesson or activity. Exit slips are useful for several reasons. First, they allow students to reflect
A-Z Autobiography: Free Activity and Instructions
A-Z Autobiographies are a simple, fun activity for any time throughout the year. To complete the autobiography, students write something about themselves for each letter
Self-Paced Math Stations for Fact Fluency and Mastery
Have you seen my self-paced math stations around Facebook, Pinterest, or TpT and wondered how they could fit into your classroom? I hear
Self-Paced Math Stations As Interventions
If you’ve seen my self-paced Math Stations around over the past several years, you likely know that they are intended for use with a bin
Free Place Value Mystery Picture
Place value doesn’t have to be boring! Place Value Mystery Pictures are fantastic practice for understanding place value AND using a hundred chart! This particular
Effective Alternatives for Long Division
Long division is often identified as the most difficult math concept to teach. If we as teachers struggle with teaching long division, then our students
Effective Strategies for Teaching Addition Facts
If you find your head spinning when you think about all the addition strategies that you should be teaching, you are certainly not alone. Although
Using Friendly Numbers: An Addition Strategy
WHAT IS A FRIENDLY NUMBER? In this case, we refer to friendly numbers as a number that is easy to work with. For example,