Thanksgiving Math Activities That Reinforce Skills (and Keep Students Focused)
The week before Thanksgiving break can make it feel like an extra challenge to keep students focused. Your students are thinking about turkey, pumpkin pie, family gatherings, and a few days away from school. Meanwhile, you’re trying to squeeze in meaningful instruction before everyone heads out the door. You still have math skills to practice. […]
Low Prep October Math Activities Your Students Will Love
October has a funny way of making an ordinary math lesson compete with pumpkins, costumes, candy, and approximately seventeen conversations about Halloween. Meanwhile, you still have standards to teach and skills your students need to practice. This is when low prep October math activities can make your teacher life much easier. You can bring a […]
Back to School Math Survival Guide: Daily Math Routines That Work
Have you ever looked at your lesson plans for the first week of school and wondered how you are supposed to fit everything into one math block? Your students are returning after months away from the classroom. Many need a refresher before they are ready for new learning. At the same time, you are teaching […]
How to Set Up Daily Math Spiral Review for the First Week of School
The first week of school always seems to fly by. Between teaching classroom procedures, learning names, organizing supplies, and answering a hundred questions, it can feel impossible to establish meaningful academic routines. While all of this is going on, many of our students are walking in with summer learning loss, different experiences, and varying levels […]
Keep Math Fresh With Summer Review Activities for Upper Elementary
As summer approaches, many of us start asking a similar question. How can we help our kiddos maintain their math skills without turning summer break into summer school? After spending an entire year building confidence and mastering new concepts, it can be discouraging to watch our learners return in the fall, having forgotten skills they […]
How to Review Math Skills Without Adding More to Your Teacher Plate
If you teach math, you know how important it is to review math skills. There’s no such thing as teach it once and move on if you want students to master the skills. But with the pressure of the scope & sequence, adding review to the mix becomes one more thing on an already full […]