All puns aside, we've been working on time this week in math.  I knew from my pre-test and from classroom observations that very, very f...

This past week, we've used a lot of math manipulatives for repeated addition, multiplication, and division. I store the cubes in a ...

I get really excited when grade level specific trainings are offered in my district.  I get even more excited when they're in math (an a...

I am a huge advocate of the use of manipulatives and hands-on exploration.  Right before spring break we dived into volume. Our first day ...

Our math text books are older than our students.  Our standards have changed several times in the six years that I've been teaching.  To...

As I previously blogged about , we've had some disagreements about math.   Today was day 1 of division in my classroom and it went rea...

It's okay to disagree with a fellow teacher.  It's okay to not want to deliver a lesson the same way as another teacher. It's ok...

I made it to Friday!   I did start my morning with duty...I'm not a fan of the gate.  I picked up my kiddos, took them off to...

Day 3. Also known as the day I pissed off most of my students, on purpose. I didn't plan to irritate them. We did our number talk ...

I posted another project to donorschoose .  I requested copies of Steal Away Home, Seed Folks, and My name is Maria Isabel to use with small...

After tackling my homework for math training, grocery shopping, and spending several hours leveling my library (such a daunting task), I did...