I have found with Common Core that there is a very large jump from 3rd grade multiplication to 4th grade multiplication. In 3rd grade students learn repeated addition, arrays, and start to master their facts. In fourth we jump into the distributive property, area ...
During a parent-teacher conference last week I had a discussion with a parent, who is also a teacher, about another school in our district. We both had heard that they play a cd with multiplication songs on it every morning for the entire school. I thought this was a ...
*I LOVE linking up with Jivey's Workshop Wednesday and didn't want to miss out on an opportunity to share my favorite chapter book to use in Reading. I am reposting my Teaching Theme post from October. I fell in LOVE with Wonder by R.J. Palacio this summer and ...
First, I want to THANK all of our nation's Veterans on this holiday. I want to give a BIG "THANK YOU" to my hubby who has made many sacrifices for our country. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. John 15:13 This ...
I am linking up with Ideas by Jivey's Wednesday Workshop. This week's focus is teaching fractions. We are not there yet in our curriculum, but wanted to share what we did last year. Here I used fraction cards from Super Teacher Worksheets to teach ...
Last week my fourth grade team put on a Math Fall Festival for our students. We each reviewed a different math skill and tied it into a fall activity. I created a craftivity to review measuring angles, 4.G.2. Students measured the angles on a given circle using ...
