As many of know, I have decided to read several books over the summer to better educate myself in areas I feel I need improvement in. One of the books that I'm currently reading is "The Daily 5" by "the sisters." Now, I know you're probably thinking, "Why is the title of this post ... read more
Building addition and subtraction fluency
As many of you may know, I was responsible for planning math for all of 1st grade this year. Let me tell you, I had a BLAST planning math this year! It was an awesome experience to be able to make math come alive for about 96 kiddos. I personally struggled with math throughout ... read more
Five For Friday, May 9th
It's that time of week again! I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for another awesome Five For Friday post! 1. During this unit in math we have been working on graphing. So last week I had the kiddos work in groups to pose their own questions and then survey the rest of ... read more
Valentine’s Themed Time Bingo!
Happy February! I may be a little late, BUT doesn't the saying go "better late than never?" We are finishing up a 6 week unit on measurement this week, and our culminating week will be spent finishing time to the hour and half-hour. With all of the intense learning that has been ... read more
Mini-mathematicians, parent conferences, and the in between
Can I please just start by saying one thing? I SURVIVED PARENT CONFERENCE WEEK!!! Ok, but really, I think I should get a t-shirt or something to commemorate my first ever parent conference week. It was truly a blur and I was passed out by 8:30 every night (this is crazy early for me), but I ... read more
