Students are different. I know this doesn’t come as a shock for you, but it’s a fact of teaching. The challenge is to master differentiation in math instruction so that these different students can all learn at their own pace. The material will be accessible to them and live up to their potential. No Two …
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Traditional math homework can do more harm than good. This homework can be tedious, sapping the love of learning from students. Often, it’s not even related to the work that the teacher covered in class. Struggling students may take home math homework and continue to practice a skill incorrectly. Parents who aren’t familiar with newer …
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Keeping kids engaged can be tricky. Let’s take a deep dive into how to use Boom Cards to keep students excited to learn and practice essential skills. Routine Practice Isn’t Always Enough Boredom Many skills require repeated practice for mastery. Simply solving one multiplication problem isn’t enough to help students retain the information needed to …
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When I was a new teacher, I often struggled with how to group students for math lessons and practice. The options seemed endless and overwhelming. As teachers, we need to determine what size our groups should be and how to organize them. Student grouping is just one of the many things to consider when creating …
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Learning how to teach students to take notes not only benefits students, but makes the job of a teacher so much easier. Why Note-Taking? Note-taking is a life-long skill. To this day, if I take notes during a staff meeting, I am much more aware of what I need to remember than I will be …
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Setting goals with students can seem overwhelming for some teachers. In this article, I break down why and how to walk your class through the goal-setting process. I remember being 9-years-old, in the fourth grade, sitting at the dinner table with my parents when they asked me where I wanted to go to college. I …
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Picture books for math lessons can make things interesting for students. Some teachers are hesitant to try something new. One of my favorite classes I took during my teacher education program was a course on using children’s literature. The absolute best thing about it was that the instructor read us a new picture book every …
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Planning the sequence of math lessons for elementary students can be complicated. It’s overwhelming if you aren’t sure where to begin. There are several factors to consider when planning out the sequence of your math lessons. You must know your end goal, students’ starting skill set, and the sub-skills students need to be successful in …
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Are you struggling to find enough formative assessment examples to use in your classroom? Formative assessment is a key to guiding your math instruction in a direction that is most useful to your student’s needs. The problem is, we often need to keep students engaged and not over-test them throughout our math lessons. Every class …
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When I first started teaching, I had the fantastic opportunity to roll up from fourth grade to fifth grade and got to keep about half of my students. There are so many reasons this was totally amazing, but it also taught me many valuable lessons. One of those lessons was about the importance of spiral …
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