Number Card printables come in 7 different patterned colors for endless use during whole group, centers activities and independent math time. -Print or copy onto heavyweight paper, such as construction paper or card stock and keep each color in a separate container. We use plastic zip sandwich bags or travel bar soap containers. The possibilities for use are endless. They can be used for a variety of math games, counting practice, ordering...the sky's the limit! Looking for some other ... VIEW POST
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Valentine’s Day in the Classroom
No pun intended, but we love celebrating Valentine's Day in our classroom. Here are a few of our favorite ways to celebrate Love Day with the Littles... We throw a Red Party every Valentine's Day in our classroom. From red foods to wearing red, we embrace the color of love all day long. As you can see, we try to keep it somewhat healthy with bagels, strawberry cream cheese, and red fruits. The kids are so excited and don't even notice the donuts are missing. We sneak in a little reading and ... VIEW POST
Dry Erase Ideas for the Classroom
There are very few school supplies we use from the first day to the last day like dry erase markers. It seems we can never keep our stash stocked. One day we've got dozens and suddenly they're all dried up! So, when EXPO Markers asked if we wanted to try out their new dry erase ink indicator markers, we were thrilled for many reasons. You can learn more about the EXPO Ink Indicator Markers here and see our initial review here. *Please Note: This post was written in exchange for free ... VIEW POST
Making Math Meaningful
This 100th Day of School writing on what they liked and didn't like so far about first grade stopped us in our tracks. We are in our second year of a new math adoption, and our class has made it pretty clear how they feel about math in our classroom this year. The audible math moans and groans and passive aggressive journal writing were keeping us up at night! Like, HELLO teachers? Are you hearing us...We HATE math! We knew something had to change. I hated math as a child growing up, and I had ... VIEW POST
Growth Mindset – “Mindset Melodies: 20 Simple Songs for Growing Class Mindsets”
Growth Mindset is a hot classroom philosophy for today's evolving classrooms. What better way to instill the growth mindset in our little learners then by singing songs? Growing mindsets early can set students up for lifelong learning success! Our class loves singing songs and our Mindset Melodies bring our brains and voices together for class sing-alongs that we hope they’ll be humming for years to come. We wrote 20 Mindset Melodies which we use in our classroom all year long to introduce the ... VIEW POST
Addition Math Fact Fluency Games
Math Facts are one of the most important concepts a child needs to learn. Being able to fluently recall math facts is a launching pad into numerous math concepts such as; Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division. These 10 Math Fact activities are a fun and engaging way for students to learn their math facts. Each activity has sums 3-12 so students can all be working on the same activity, but at their own level. As teachers, we understand that your class may be at all different levels of ... VIEW POST