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...