Thinking of Teaching: Foldables Week: Math Monday

This is another great site... I love foldables
Thinking of Teaching: Foldables Week: Math Monday: Welcome to Foldables Week! I love the concept and idea of foldables but this year has been crazy and I haven't been able to incorp...

E is for Explore!: 100 Chart Games

This is a great site!!!
E is for Explore!: 100 Chart Games: 1. Prime Number Hunter - Who can find all the prime numbers the fastest?! - Education.com 2. Factors and Multiples - 2 players: 1st...

Thinking Outside the School Box: Using a FILE FOLDER to teach PLaCe VaLuE

Great idea for place value practice - Thinking Outside the School Box: Using a FILE FOLDER to teach PLaCe VaLuE: I came up with this idea because my students were really struggling with the place value blocks. They just couldn't get it, so I deci...

Tales of Frogs and Cupcakes: Math Notebooks

I love these math notebooks - Tales of Frogs and Cupcakes: Math Notebooks: Last school year I used math notebooks with my students. The notebooks are full of charts, examples, pictures, vocabulary, notes (of course)...

Yearn to Learn: Place Value Windows

Yearn to Learn: Place Value Windows: My first unit in math is on place value and I made these place value windows that are just so handy. I just hang them on my white board and...

Math Workshop Adventures: Measurement

Math Workshop Adventures: Measurement: Anchor Charts:  Student notebook entries:  Today's Number: This was a Pinterest find.  We adapted ...

Biography Foldable Final Product

Yesterday was the last day of school for my friends at Negley Elementary. Mrs. Stapp's class presented their biography foldable projects to their parents. They turned out great.  I am so proud of how hard those third graders worked. I think they really loved this project. I can't wait to do it again.
Her is one sample... hoping to have more.

Summer Reading

Even though school is  not over yet,  I started my first book for the summer: The Differentiated Math Classroom, A guide for Teachers K-8, by Miki Murray.

The author of the the book wrote: " We believe deeply that all students can learn mathematics when they have access to quality teaching and learning experiences.", and I agree

I read Chapter 1: Guidelines and a Differentiated Unit. This first chapter makes you think and clears up any misconceptions on differentiating lessons. Before you start to create a lesson ask yourself " why is it necessary to differentiate?" Is it to modify to make learning accessible for all students, is it to focus on learning styles,  is to make learning more efficient and interesting, or is it a combination of those ideas. The answer to that question will help guide your lesson in the right direction. There is a great place value lesson example in this chapter as well. It is fabulous. 

My favorite quote from this chapter, "There are many layers to the differentiating process, but we find it helpful to keep good problem-solving tasks at the forefront of the lesson-design routine."

Happy reading.