Snow Day Fun Math Freebie
I have to tell you…I am loving that today is a snow day! Just the fact that I didn’t have to travel in the blizzard like conditions this morning made me so happy! Sleeping in was a nice perk too …
I have to tell you…I am loving that today is a snow day! Just the fact that I didn’t have to travel in the blizzard like conditions this morning made me so happy! Sleeping in was a nice perk too …
So…I’ve been on vacation for 5 days and already I managed to look at my first days of school plans…sick I know! Luckily, as I was reading I remembered an awesome activity that I would do with my class… enter…The …
My Tried it Tuesday: Partial Quotients Division So…we are in a mad rush to try and teach a lot of the concepts the students need for our state test–division being one of them! With any new concept, I …
On a side note… is anyone else teaching multiplicative comparisons? It is a difficult concept for 4th graders–what makes it even harder is the lack of number sense associated with multiplication! I’ve been working backwards in terms of multiplication–teaching common …
So this week, my focus was rounding–to the nearest tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands. I worked on 3 different rounding strategies and was met with blank stares and confusion. The kiddos had the notes and the rules in their …
Everyday Math is the program my school currently uses and has used since I started working there–about 9 years ago! Needless to say the students are very familiar with the program and find ways to excel despite the program’s difficulty. …