I am gearing up to teach a unit on fractions. In the state of Oregon, students don't learn fractions until 3rd grade. I am thankful that Common Core will start them earlier, because they can be a hard concept to grasp! I started out my unit by using Lindsey The Teacher ...
Have you ever gardened with your students? I haven't. A teacher at my school last year, Kelly, wrote several grants and with her hard work, was able to transform our dull courtyard into a beautiful garden. Kelly was transfered to a different school ...
Do you have a home computer and a work computer and struggle with transferring files from both? I have the solution for you: Dropbox! When my school district gave all teachers laptops three years ago, I gave my personal laptop to my husband since his was really old and needed to be upgraded. Finally, last month, my husband got a new laptop and gave me my old one back. I had been wanting to separate ...
My district uses Bridges in Mathematics from The Math Learning Center for our math curriculum. I absolutely love it! It has tons of fun games and lessons that really teach students to conceptually understand math. Their website is full of all kinds of freebies, ...
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I love using technology in my classroom. I have four Mac computers where students can use a variety of software, two iPod touches for math and reading apps, tape and CD players to listen to books being read, two portable DVD players where students watch Scholastic DVD's of ...
Tomorrow is Read Across the USA and it is also Twin Day at my school. My teaching neighbor Carla (who teaches 2nd grade and is one of my best friends) and I decided to dress up as silly teacher twins! My idea was to create shirts that said "Teacher 1" and "Teacher 2". ...
