Interactive Student Notebooks – My Mathematical Lifesaver

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Taking notes has always been the downfall of many of my students.  They can copy what is on the board, but sometimes it is just not organized or even legible.  Many students will just jot down the numbers, not writing down any part of the … [Read more...]

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Almost Free Math Games: Teaching with a Deck of Cards!

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Time and money, two things of which we are forever short in education.  While I can’t help you find more time, this is about inexpensive, almost free, math games.  I love when I find every day, simple objects that can be used multiple ways.  In … [Read more...]

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Bringing the Digital World To Your Students to Teach Common Core

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“Don’t teach your children to read. Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.” --George Carlin The Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics are about thinking, questioning, and … [Read more...]

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“I’m Done!” – Challenging Students Who Finish Early

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“We have noticed our child is not reading near the amount of books he read last year,” a set of parents commented at conferences.  “He still has a passion for reading and he reads at home, but we are not getting new books as often.”  This … [Read more...]

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Concept vs Speed: The Math Timed Test

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Accuracy, speed, process, meaning…these are all words that have been passed around the age-old discussion of math time tests.  Do students need to be able to prove their worth with sixty multiplication (or addition, subtraction, division) facts … [Read more...]

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