Memorizing vocabulary lists. . . blech! As my students read, they write words on sticky notes: words they are unsure of, feel are import...
STEM and STEAM are all the rage right now, but I don’t want to just do activities “for fun”. I want my students to understand the ...
Are you counting down the days until Winter Break? My students are wiggly with anticipation of vacation and the holidays.  How to keep teach...
Where did the last month go?! Fall is in full-swing with math workshop! I've found that when we spend enough time early in the year on p...
There's just something about technology that motivates my students! Practice multiplication? Groans fill the room. Practice the same mu...
Although I've taught fourth grade for the last 20 years, either my grade level partner or a science teacher had taught science. My speci...
There's nothing like a good STEM challenge created by my friend, Kerry Tracy , to motivate students and engage them in problem solving ...
For some reason, place value is sometimes a difficult concept for students to grasp.  Place value flip books? Check. Building with Base 10 ...
So much focus these days is on memorization of facts, but that does not require real thinking.  (In fact, Dr. Jo Boaler from Stanford Unive...
I know I have work to do when I mention science and students groan. Whaaaat?! Who doesn't love science? Solution? Play-Doh! Linking up ...
I can't believe this is the last chapter of our summer book study! (And since Labor Day is this weekend, it is still summer, right? Alth...
We're getting close to the end of our summer collaborative book study. Today we're reviewing Chapter 8: Assessment for Growth Mindse...
What do we stand for? That's a pretty abstract, heavy question to ask 8 and 9 year olds. . . Our school year began last week and ins...
This is my first week back to school & what an awesome start! From the first day, we've been following Jo Boaler's Week of Insp...
Summer flew by & I finally finished a few things on my "To Do" list! I'm happy to be linking up today with Tara, over at ...
I'm in denial that school is starting (with students) in just 4 days! There's always so much to think about when planning, not to me...
Welcome to Chapter 6 of our Mathematical Mindsets Collaborative Book Study! I'm so glad you're joining us, but if you missed the fir...