Student learning is no accident!
It took me years to figure out how to teach multiplying fractions so that students could conceptualize a part of a part. I learned that the traditional algorithm had to take a back seat to drawing and color coding models. When teaching this unit, I’ve found that the most important tool for my students- is sharpened colored pencils. We draw… Read More
Every year, many of my students struggle to subtract mixed numbers when regrouping is needed. Flipping my instruction around subtracting mixed numbers has made a HUGE difference! Once I have initially launched the concept, students work through problems at their own pace. First, they attempt a problem independently. Next, they click on the problem within a digital worksheet and watch… Read More
A while back I took stock of what we were doing as a math department to improve kids’ math fluency. It seemed that every year we had a chunk of kids who came up to sixth grade with amazing fact fluency. We had another chunk who fought with basic addition and multiplication much like struggling readers fought with multisyllabic words…. Read More
In the next few posts, I’m going to focus on Differentiating Instruction in the Math Classroom. I will give you three strategies you can use immediately in the lessons you already have planned- to reach all of those kids! I promise not to ask you to do ANYTHING that wastes your time. I promise to only save you time.
If you’re thinking about fractions, you might be a 5th grade teacher… Thanks to the Common Core State Standards, fifth grade now throws the wildest fraction party on the block! I taught 6th grade math back when that was fraction central, and I learned 3 key things along the way. They have been just applicable in the 5th grade classrooms… Read More
If teaching fifth and sixth graders has taught me anything, it’s that fractions and decimals can be ABSTRACT and TRICKY… and that kids have to be developmentally ready to perform operations on them. The good news is- the standards aren’t encouraging us to get kids to add, subtract, multiply and divide 5/32 and 16/71! We make equivalent fractions as a… Read More
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But they were ALL lost on me 😂🤣😂. Imagine my surprise when I opened the box of 36 (duh 🙄) and saw just how mini they were!
Luckily, these kids have a great sense of humor and were psyched to have 3 cones full of the greatest watermelon gelato ever. (Recipe by @dreenaburton )
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Teaching multiplication of mixed numbers can be DICEY!!! It’s a whole lot of steps.
I’m so happy to provide my students with the opportunity to move and learn at their own PACE. There’s always someone rolling their eyes because they don’t need to see that problem ONE MORE TIME. And there are 5 other kids grimacing at the thought of “independent practice.”
That’s why I created Guide Me Math. Each pack includes a clickable link for each problem. This way, students can determine the accuracy of their answer- before doing more problems the wrong way 😬😬
ANDDDD they can watch and listen to me walk them through the problem as many times as they want!!! They can rewatch that tricky part 10 times if they want 🤷🏼♀️
Dear Math Students,
Have it YOUR way!!! 😘😘
Head over to my Write Solutions TPT store to see all of my Guide Me Packs. And stay tuned to my stories & follow my store on TPT. When I post this one, it’ll be 50% of 24 hours!
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