I’m late on posting this…I know! This week we continued patterning, but with numbers. We identified patterns in numbers-even and odd numbers and counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. Here are some snap shots of our anchor charts we made. Nothing too fancy. It was a race against the clock last week! YEESH! We also discussed […]
This week was a short week for us. We had parent conferences on Monday morning and then staff development in the afternoon. (I was honored to present on guided reading and I. LOVED. IT. I loved helping teachers. We had SUCH great conversation and many wonderful questions were asked.) It was 7 kinds of crazy! […]
It was a super busy weekend, but I finally finished up my Comparing Numbers to 30 unit. I used several pieces of this to introduce 10 frames and teach place value and number comparisons a couple of weeks ago. I also added math station games that I hope to introduce soon and use for […]
Each week that goes by I stop and say, “Man, this week is so much better than the last!”  After 4 weeks  my sweet friends are becoming more familiar with our “guidelines for success” and procedures.  It’s nice.  They are learning that I mean business!, but they are also no afraid to get out of […]
Hey all! I feel like I have neglected my little ‘ole blog with all of the craziness lately! I have been busy not only at school but at home, too. Aggie football, church, friends, etc. All great things that bring joy to my life, but sometimes they just make life crazy busy! Here is some […]
Summer break is wonderful for so many reasons, but it also can be so hard for so many of our little learners. Â Many times the lack of structure, routine, and the many unknowns make it tough for them. Â Often times, students’ first response isn’t to pick up a book or play a math game. Â Parents […]
Fact families were a tough cookie for my little ones.I added it to our calendar routine so that it is revisited often. I try to also give my students fun, different ways to practice them to try to teach all of my different types of learners. Here’s a little peak at what we did […]
I truly believe having a firm foundation of numeracy is SO important. My class this year is not the strongest in this area. With my kinder class last year, we made number bracelets for EVERY number and wrote a number story for EVERY number. I really feel that this helps out a ton! Next year, […]
We have been talking about even or odd numbers since the beginning of the school year during our calendar time. I am SO glad that I did this because it really helped when it was time to teach this. We reviewed our daily calendar task, and then created this chart. The kids then used the […]
I haven’t posted in what seems like forever! All of you teachers who post more than once a week and are still fabulous teachers in their classroom are just SUPER TEACHERS! I don’t even have kids at home! Just a wonderful hubby. I applaud you all! 🙂 This week we are doing doubles addition. I […]
I’m really big on the kids journaling about their learning experiences. In our class, we each have a math journal and a science journal. We also have a class math journal, which is just a 1/2 chart that I have covered and made all pretty. As I’m trying to work ahead, I was sprucing up […]
