Category: math

Management Tips for Interactive Notebooks

Hey teachers!! Are you using Interactive Notebooks or planning to? I used them for years with my second graders so I definitely developed some management tricks for interactive notebooks over time. Here are some tips for you! (and if you’re wondering why you should try INBs check out my blog post here

Read More »

Back to School Math Review – Digital!

I don’t usually do this… but I think a lot of your students might need a digital back to school math review! This summer I got worried about those kiddos who have been out of the school buildings since March and that they may have more “learning loss or “summer

Read More »

St. Patrick’s Day Activities and Ideas

 It’s time to bring some St. Patrick’s Day activities and ideas into your classroom since it’s right  around the corner. You can even pin this blog post and save it for this time next year! Leprechaun Paper Plate Mask Grab this fun and easy to make mask from Simply Today

Read More »

Holiday Themed Math and Literacy Freebies

This year is going by SO quickly. I cannot believe 2020 is a month away. When I was a kid 2020 sounded like it was SO far in the future. Like we’re talking flying cars and robot maids (can you tell I watched a lot of The Jetsons)? Haha! Well,

Read More »

Classroom Resources for Thanksgiving

It’s almost that time! Like me, do you try to fit in some Thanksgiving-themed resources during November? I gathered up some resources and ideas for you in this post! >>>>>First, let’s take a look at what you can find in my own collection as far as math resources>>>> Thanksgiving Themed

Read More »

10 Websites Teachers May Not Know About

New and useful free websites and apps pop up quicker than Jiffy Pop popcorn (if you’re a child of the 70s or 80s then you get me)! It can be hard to keep up! A friend recently gave me a list of 100 websites for teachers and students and I

Read More »

Ballpark Estimate Tips!

Does your math curriculum include ballpark estimates? Or perhaps rounding? My school uses Everyday Math and in the spring we have to teach ballpark estimates. However, it’s so confusing because it is really adding rounded numbers to get an estimate – like you do at the grocery store: “The milk

Read More »

Save Big with Black Friday in July

Yes, yes, I know I am late to this party what with Prime Day being a week ago and all sorts of other big sales last week but I wanted to do something fun and help you get ready for back to school with some awesome deals! First,  over at

Read More »

Math Interactive Notebook Freebie!

Oh my gosh I can’t believe it- I haven’t yet told you that I have a new freebie up! I am working on my math interactive notebook and it is SOCLOSE to being done but not quite yet. Meanwhile I wanted to give you a sneak peek so I made

Read More »