A Teaching Blog
We’ve got you covered! Covered with some free activities for your 5th or 6th grade classroom! I meet regularly with some other teacher authors across the United States. Our expertise ranges from teaching 4th grade all the way up to education majors at the university level. We wanted to give something back to our readers, […]
30 more days of teaching. 45 more days of math lessons are needed to get through the curriculum. I’ve been there, you’ve been there, trying to figure out how to get all the curriculum in when there’s not enough time to teach it all. It feels like a race to the finish line. Literally. Your […]
It’s Saturday night. I hear the giggles of the kids and the faint voices of my husband and our neighbor out at the bonfire. I’d love to be part of the fun, but I’m slumped on the couch, with piles and piles of ungraded papers scattered everywhere, again. My kids are busy making memories without […]
You’ve just started your unit on adding and subtracting fractions by mentioning equivalent fractions to your class. Instead of students nodding in understanding, wide and confused eyes stare back at you. Glancing at the class, all but a few of your students are acting as if equivalent fractions are foreign words that they’ve never heard […]
I had one student who hated coming to math class. I knew if we stayed on this path the entire year, neither one of us would enjoy the year. So I changed my approach. Before long, she was asking questions, staying after class for my help, and beaming with a newfound sense of accomplishment when it came to […]
Back to school time is quickly approaching! Now is a great time to start preparing for the start of the school year! The First Week of the School Year is All About Routines & Relationships I remember my very first year teaching, back in 2000. I was so excited to finally have my own classroom. […]
It was Friday night. I could either head out for date night with my husband, get a head-start on that new series I wanted to watch, or curl up in my bed for the night at 5pm. Every Friday night, I was choosing to curl up in my bed and go to sleep. I was […]
So many teachers are choosing or are currently being faced with virtual teaching. Many teachers are doing so in the comfort of their own home. The classroom is now a teacher’s living room. The teacher’s lounge is now the kitchen. The lines between school and home were often blurred for teachers before because of bringing […]
“I can’t do this. I’m not good at math. I’ve never been good at math.” One of the most challenging issues we face as teachers of math is students coming into the classroom already having a preconceived notion about their ability as math students. So many students walk into our classroom that first day and […]
