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Fact Fluency and Number Sense in Sixth Grade

Fact Fluency and Number Sense in Sixth Grade

April 17, 2019

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

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Teaching Fractions: 3 Keys

Teaching Fractions: 3 Keys

October 23, 2018

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

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Fractions and Decimals Made Easy

Fractions and Decimals Made Easy

June 19, 2018

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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Even the bundles. 

If you’ve even thought fir a minute you’d like to let someone else run your ELA or Math class for a day... this is the day! 😂

But seriously, a Guide Me Math Pack couldn’t be less prep.

And anyone who’s used my ELA warm ups will tell you it’s easy to accidentally just run with it for a whole period.

So, if you’ve ever had a day like that... or you think you might sometime soon... just grab the bundles!!

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Using Videos in Math Class. I love providing my st Using Videos in Math Class. I love providing my students with a video that shows them exactly how to do a problem! After attempting a problem independently, these videos get SO MUCH USE! Students watch and rewatch the part that THEY struggled with. No more waiting for me to do the part they care about on the board. This is personalized differentiation in action. Student driven and student centered! Give it a try. Let talk about your questions in the comments!
If you already know a student is struggling, these If you already know a student is struggling, these are some simple ways to get straight to the CONCEPT you are teaching!

👀So much of our students’ struggles are tangled up in unfinished learning around facts, whole number computation and the math anxiety that results. 

☀️If we can eliminate some of THAT, we can create some positive MATH experiences! And momentum builds. 

😳Worst case scenario: Nothing changes, and you’ve got some VALUABLE data to share with your school’s student support team (MTSS, RTI, ABC123?😂).

🤷🏼‍♀️ And here’s the push back I hear a LOT: But what about the grade?? And what if everyone else wants that easier version? 

💣1. Grades are stupid. (🤦🏼‍♀️ I know. But, really... they are. 😳 And if you don’t do this, that student is not learning the concept anyway, so??? I put an “m” near the mark in my grade book so I know it was done “with modifications.” But, whatever works! 
📣2. No one will really know about this version unless you announce it. So, if that’s an issue for you- don’t! 🤫 (Once you realize how great it is when students take ownership of what they need as learners, you may have new ideas about that👀.)

👇🏼What are you wondering about how this works? Let’s chat in the comments!!

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Teaching fractions?? How’s that going? If you a Teaching fractions?? How’s that going?

If you are feeling like your students are all moving at different paces, you are NOT ALONE!

So much of the work we do with fractions has a developmental edge to it. Not all of our students are going to make the leaps on the timeline set forth by the standards. And we are STILL going to be having math class as one happy family:)

So, if you are looking for a way for John y to have the chance to see number 4 three more times, while his neighbor Jeanine blasts through all 6 problems in a flash, you might want to try Guide Me Math!

These video lessons allow kids to move at their own pace, and free you up to conference with student or pull small groups while everyone is engaged and learning. 

Search Guide Me Math in my Write Solutions TPT store to see all the topics and lessons available. 

👇🏼Let me know in the comments what topic you’ll need next!

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Do some of your students fall apart in the face of Do some of your students fall apart in the face of a written response?

Don’t give up on writing across the curriculum! That short answer BELONGS on that science test;)

Here are some ways you can give your students the nudge they need to show you what they know... in writing!

Some students tense up when they have to write, some others are just STRESSED under pressure, and of course some struggle with writing.

Whatever the reason, these tips will give students the support they need to go ahead and get started. 

How else do you support writers??

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This is an after school snack that says, “mommy This is an after school snack that says, “mommy needs 15 WHOLE MINUTES to think.”

Apples, clementines, grapes (cut in half because these guys can make their own decisions about grapes when they turn 18 or move out😂), bananas, pretzels, peanut butter for dipping AND a green smoothie made with vanilla @gardenoflife meal replacement powder, frozen strawberries, ice and kale. 

Both my almost 4yo and my 5.5 gobbled it up while discussing their latest @magnatiles creations- giant multistory garages.

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🛌Who RELAXED this weekend?? 🚘Who was too b 🛌Who RELAXED this weekend?? 

🚘Who was too busy with FAMILY to think about work?

🥳Who had FUN this weekend?

✋🏼Who has boundaries? (Or is working on that?)

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Hooray for YOU!! Remember, teaching is your job. It’s a rewarding and stressful and AMAZING career. 

And, that’s the end.

Tag a friend who might need a push to take a break. XOXO

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This Mental Math bingo has been a hit for years! T This Mental Math bingo has been a hit for years! Teachers love that there are four decks of calling cards to use in isolation at first, and then later to mix! 

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But now that there are digital game boards too?!?! Now it’s a PARTY🥳!

In your room or over Zoom🤷🏼‍♀️
If nothing else goes as planned this year, they’ll have strengthened those MENTAL MATH muscles for sure!!

Tag a friend who might love this game in their classroom too!

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Who loves WORD GAMES?!?! I do! My mom does. NO ON Who loves WORD GAMES?!?!

I do! My mom does. NO ONE can beat her at #boggle. No one!!

And for as long as she taught, third graders played Boggle. They learned all kinds of things about spelling and reading. 

And then when I started teaching #sixthgrade I wanted to do it too. Turns out, I don’t do NOISE as well as she does! 😂🤣

So for the last 12 years, my middle schoolers have played this QUIET VERSION! And they get serious. There are tournaments. I differentiate game tables. My best spellers challenge each other to make wild words! My struggling spellers and readers RISE and have aha moments, and I am reminded (AGAIN) that learning should be fun!!!

Head over to my Write Solutions TPT Store and search “word game” to grab this digital and printable game file! 

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If you already know a student is struggling, these are some simple ways to get straight to the CONCEPT you are teaching!👀So much of our students’ struggles are tangled up in unfinished learning around facts, whole number computation and the math anxiety that results. ☀️If we can eliminate some of THAT, we can create some positive MATH experiences! And momentum builds. 😳Worst case scenario: Nothing changes, and you’ve got some VALUABLE data to share with your school’s student support team (MTSS, RTI, ABC123?😂).🤷🏼‍♀️ And here’s the push back I hear a LOT: But what about the grade?? And what if everyone else wants that easier version? 💣1. Grades are stupid. (🤦🏼‍♀️ I know. But, really... they are. 😳 And if you don’t do this, that student is not learning the concept anyway, so??? I put an “m” near the mark in my grade book so I know it was done “with modifications.” But, whatever works! 📣2. No one will really know about this version unless you announce it. So, if that’s an issue for you- don’t! 🤫 (Once you realize how great it is when students take ownership of what they need as learners, you may have new ideas about that👀.)👇🏼What are you wondering about how this works? Let’s chat in the comments!!#Mathteacherlife #mathteacherproblems #mathteachersrock #mathteaching #teachingmaths #mathteachertribe #mathteachersofinstagram #teachingmath #mathfacts #teachmath #mathteachers #fourthgraderocks #iteachsixth #grade7 #grade6 #grade5 #grade4 #mathteacher #iteachfifth #sixthgrade #fourthgrade #teachersoftpt #tpt #mathintervention #differentiatedinstruction #specialeducationteachers #mtss #rti ...

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