It’s the doubles baby. Let’s go, let’s go! In this blog post, I will be sharing what are doubles facts and why they help students learn their addition and subtraction math facts. I love using math fact strategies because they give meaning behind the numbers and facts....
Math Fact Fluency Timed tests for math fact fluency are just that. Tests. They are assessments where we can see where students are at. From the data, we are able to teach to student needs, progress monitor, set goals with students, and differentiate in the classroom....
Classroom Setup When I got hired on as a first year teacher, I was so eager to get into the classroom and start setting things up! Little did I know there was so much that went into classroom setup. I wish I had someone tell me “Get these things ready for your...
Math Fact Fun Let’s not just drill our students on their math facts with timed tests, let’s bring in math fact fun! I believe math fact practice should be fun and meaningful! So I’m sharing three ideas of math fact activities that you can do with your students plus...
Games with Math Facts I love using games with math facts to help my students learn their math facts throughout the school year. But here’s the thing… Everything we do in our classroom does not need to be a game. However, having games as options for students gets...
Remote Learning In my classroom, I like to keep what we do engaging, simple, and meaningful. So when schools were closed, and we had to turn to remote learning, I wanted the assignments I sent home to, of course, be engaging, simple, and meaningful. Here is a list of...
Online Student Engagement What a crazy school year 2020 has been. Many of us teachers have been turned to distant learning. Whether that is teaching online to your students or creating work to be sent home, I want to share my tips for online student engagement to help...
Direct instruction is the part of the lesson where the teacher explicitly teaches the content. It is before guided practice and independent practice. Usually during guided and independent practice is where it is easy to use student engagement strategies. But what...
Student Engagement Strategies I always thought that getting students engaged in lessons had to involve a lot of prep time. Finding an activity, printing it, laminating it, and cutting it out… But I have learned that student engagement strategies don’t have to take a...
One of my main goals in my classroom is engaging students in their learning. One of the best ways to do this is through games and play. I have created fun sight word games that can be used in any primary grade. Now these are not your ordinary sight word games, but...
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