Making learning fun
If you’re looking for a crafty, hands-on way to make math engaging for your students, try math crafts. It’s the perfect way to practice addition, subtraction or multiplication number facts. Because there are fifteen different options for each craft, you can even give your kids the opportunity to practice multi-digit addition and subtraction. They do the work and you get… Read More
How do you choose the spelling words you want to use in your weekly spelling activities? Search for spelling lists on the internet and you’re presented with a few choices. One is lists of random words with no connection. They might be high-frequency words. Another choice is words from a specific theme. Or you might find spelling lists where words have… Read More
I was working with a child recently on her multiplication facts and asked her 6 X 6. “Just a minute,” she said and she broke into rap. “I only know them when I sing them,” she explained. You see, last year her class learned their facts by listening to times table songs. Mixing music and math is fun and can help… Read More
If your class had the choice between completing a whole page of two digit subtraction with regrouping equations OR playing a math game that required you to write equations, which would they choose? The writing math equations part probably has you thinking, neither. But what if they could work with classmates. Talk about strategies or ask for help if needed…. Read More
Games for multiplication facts practice are always a winner in the classroom. Give a child the option of: A. practicing their multiplication facts with a worksheet – columns of times tables to answer or; B. using games to practice their multiplication facts. What did they choose? It’s a rhetorical question really. We both know the answer. And while they may not… Read More
You can’t expect all children to have the same sight word list. Some children can read a new word after seeing it once or twice. They’re the kids who zoom through their words. For others, successful sight word practice can mean needing twenty or more exposure before they recognize a word. The best way to meet the needs of our… Read More
It's my mission to help you create a classroom where kids are engaged in hands-on, meaningful practice that helps them to really consolidate the concepts you've been teaching. Read More…
