I have a confession to make… math is not one of my favorite subjects to teach. Our school uses the Saxon worksheet kits. I like their spiraled review, but it just feels so boring (especially for my high-ability group). The hands-on ideas fall flat and are spread too far apart in the lessons. We all…
While using math wrap-ups in class last week, I noticed how much one of my hands-on learners loved using the string. She’s working on counting, AB patterns, and her alphabet. The multiplication wrap-ups were far beyond her current skill level. However, she wanted to be part of the class. After talking with my teaching assistant,…
I love finding other third grade blogs, so when Krista stopped by earlier today I was thrilled to connect with a new blogger. It’s great timing too because she’s doing her first ever giveaway. But hurry, your chance to win ends Friday. Click on over to visit Krista at Stellar Students. I hope you’ve had…
I believe that engaging instruction is the best way to keep your students on-task, but an effective classroom management plan is also important. I use positive and negative reinforcement in our room, but I prefer to focus on the positive. That’s where our classroom auctions come in. I run ours just like a traditional auction,…
I celebrated the start of a three-day weekend by updating items in my TeachersPayTeachers store most of the evening. I’ve been working hard to switch everything over to offer preview downloads and update page counts. After creating all the files I found out that their uploader was down. Oh well, at least I have lots…
Pin It I love our classroom library! I’ve already blogged about my tshirt pillows, but promised to include a crate seat tutorial too. They’re really easy to make and the students love using the crates during reading workshop. We use them in the hallway instead of sitting on the floor too. It seems easier to…
Math Coach’s Corner hosted a math linky with tons of math resources (free and paid) for primary teachers. The sign up is closed, but you can still download any resources you need. Today is also the 15th, which means a winner for the Valentine Blog Hop Giveaway. This blog’s winner of a $10 TPT gift…
I’m not new to blogging. I blogged about life as a college student, I blogged about life as a first-year teacher, and I’m currently blogging about life as a newlywed over on my personal page. However, something told me 2012 was my year to start the professional blog I had been kicking around in my…
I contributed my first post over at Classroom Freebies Too yesterday in honor of Valentine’s Day. If you haven’t visited the blog yet, you should definitely check it out. There are a ton of freebies from lots of fabulous teachers. You can sort them by grade level or search by keywords too. Oh, and don’t…