I’m sitting here looking through my Drive files, and I ran across some pictures of my 4th grade math classroom and all of our flex seating. The front of my classroom is one of the students’ favorite spaces. We gather on the carpet for whole group discussions, number talks, and other conversations. The carpet came …
Homework… Oh, Homework! My Homework Routine- 15 Minutes at Home and 10 Minutes in Class Checking and reviewing math homework used to be the bane of my existence. OK, so maybe it wasn’t that bad, but it was definitely a headache. I didn’t want to assign practice without giving my kids feedback, but I also didn’t …
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We’ve been so super busy since school started back! I have to say that I am in LOVE with my new group of students! We’ve gotten off to a great start! Things had been running pretty smoothly in our math block until we came to estimating sums and differences. Sure, they could round numbers. They’re …
First day back with students. Check. Had a ton of fun with my new kids. Check. Exhausted. Ding! Ding! Ding! Boy, am I tired. It’s been a LOOOONNNNGGG week for me. Well, I guess it actually started last weekend. My oldest daughter moved away to college. (Can you hear my sobs?) That was hard. WAAAYYYY …
