Common Core Standards · Curriculum · education · Google · Graphic Organizer · Immediate Feedback · Interactive Notebook · Math · Math Workshop · Technology

Go Digital! Digital Interactive Notebooks!

One of my goals this year was to start using interactive notebooks. I could see the benefits of students creating a notebook that they could refer to all year.  I could also see benefits of students using the graphic organizers as tools to help organize, understand, and synthesize new information. I decided to start small,… Continue reading Go Digital! Digital Interactive Notebooks!

Common Core Standards · Fact Fluency · Fact Power · Immediate Feedback · Kahoot! · Math · Multiplication · Self-Assessment · Technology · Uncategorized · Vocabulary

Use Kahoot! For Assessment!

Kahoot! is an interactive web-based program that allows you to use and create questions for your students.  From the first time we used it in my classroom, my students ask me on a weekly basis, “Are we using Kahoot! today?” which, showed me as a teacher, that I can use it as an instruction/assessment tool… Continue reading Use Kahoot! For Assessment!

Common Core Standards · Differentiation · Fact Fluency · Fact Power · Fluency · Google · Immediate Feedback · Math · Math Centers · Math Workshop · Multiplication · Self-Assessment

Innovative Fact Fluency Methods

To be a strong mathematician, it’s important to have fact fluency. I teach my students that fact fluency is the foundation to being able to solve more complex problems. My third graders are focused on learning their multiplication and division facts in order for them to become stronger mathematicians. In my classroom, we call this… Continue reading Innovative Fact Fluency Methods

Common Core Standards · Differentiation · Fluency · Math · Math Centers · Math Workshop

PBL Guided Math Workshop: Part 2

Mathematicians Of The Future Part 2: Following A Work Routine: Mathematical Professionals have a set routine everyday. Students start every mathematical period by sitting at their “dot” with their math bins. In order for students to sit with their mathematical group, each group has a colored desk that they sit at. I’ve organized these using these… Continue reading PBL Guided Math Workshop: Part 2

Bulletin Board · Common Core Standards · Differentiation · Math · Math Centers · Math Workshop

PBL Guided Math Workshop Part 1

Mathematicians Of The Future Part 1 Launching Mathematicians of The Future: Mathematicians of The Future evolved through finding ways to make math as real-life as possible. Students are grouped into specific mathematical professions, such as the engineers, the accountants, the coders, the architects, and the statisticians. At the start of our Mathematicians of The Future… Continue reading PBL Guided Math Workshop Part 1