Hey! Did you know that there’s a new book in town? It’s Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons. Exciting or what? I just ordered it from Amazon and I can hardly wait ’til it arrives! I’m still doing my geometry unit. I just remembered that I have this fun little 3D booklet that I get my kids to … Read more
I just made a couple of new math games. My very talented grade partner showed me this game earlier today (her TOC told her about it). I loved it, so I jazzed it up a little and here it is. I’ve done two versions: one with snowmen and one with penguins. There’s an adding and subtracting version for both. The … Read more
Inside: A free and very cute snowman glyph. Update: Years ago, Karen, at Froggy Friends Fun, posted a free snowman glyph. It used to be in her Teacher Notebook Store but that site doesn’t exist anymore. So I’m giving you some directions (see below) I found in one of my Primary Success books, which you’re welcome to use. You definitely … Read more
Inside: A free booklet to help kids learn their fact families. We’re currently reviewing fact families. Some of my kids find this a tough one to learn. But they all love making little fact family booklets to help them understand. How to Put the Fact Family Booklets Together: Each booklet represents one fact family. And each little booklet consists of … Read more
Inside: You’ll receive two free snowman addition to 12 games. Hello! A HUGE part of our Grade 1 math curriculum is Number Sense, so that’s what we’ve been doing in my class since September. But now it’s time for us to move onto some serious addition in the New Year. I made up a couple of little games your kids … Read more
Inside: Gingerbread math, poem and links to other gingerbread goodies. This is my last week of school before Christmas break and it’s going to be jam-packed full of gingerbread stuff. I’ve collected so many great activities from all of you, that’s it’s almost hard to fit it all in. I don’t usually have that problem! One of our math activities … Read more
Inside: Easy DIY snap cube trains to practice patterning during daily calendar. Includes snap cube trains you can color. Learning to recognize and build patterns is one of the fundamental structures of mathematics. Working with patterns is very common in classrooms and as the years progress the patterns become more complex. In my classroom we spend the first 6 weeks … Read more
Inside: An introduction to Number Sense Routines plus a free number grid. Several children in your class are struggling with math. They seem to have difficulties with the most basic things. Their general understanding of numbers and the relationships between numbers is lacking. When presented with a real life math problem they don’t have the tools to think logically about … Read more
Inside: You’ll get directions and tips for the best math game ever! Every teacher needs a no prep, exciting game at their fingertips. It just makes life easier. I have a simple, fun math game my kids love to play. It’s called Buzz. They are always asking me when we can play it again! I’ve been playing this game for … Read more