Self-Checking Puzzles

    These self-checking puzzles are fun practice for students.  I use them in stations and they always enjoy discovering the pictures. 

This puzzle is Summer Fun and gives students practice with mental math, 10 more, 10 less etc.

Click on the pictures to follow the links. You'll find the theme at the bottom of each cover.

TPT Sale

Don't miss out on the TPT Sale on December 2nd and 3rd!

Descriptive Turkeys

Do you need a fun activity for a short week? Students love Descriptive Turkeys! My class will complete a descriptive writing and picture for each holiday, and their writing sure improves!

Sometimes our schedules are so packed that it makes it challenging to do some fun activities, such as drawing. This is a perfect way to allow students some time to draw.

Here are few of the amazing turkeys.  We talked about large bold patterns that could be seen across the room. Students had to think about a way to describe the pattern, so that it made sense.

You can find this activity here by clicking on the picture.

 

Back to School Sale

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Teacher Appreciation Sale!

Math Programs

Our school has used Everyday Math for about 12 years, but there has been a lot of supplementation.  I liked it at first, but over the years it was less helpful to my students.  As a teacher, I could clearly see which teachers supplemented and which did not. As a parent, I didn't care for it. There simply wasn't enough practice.

This year we are starting My Math.  Their on-line program sold me! It'll be so nice to not need to create my own PowerPoint lessons for an activity!  I'm excited for the change. I've used parts of the program previously, but I still found that some students just need additional practice.  I've created a few place value activities to start off the year, and hope to create more as we move through the program.

Back to School Sale August 1 and 2

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Have you seen these digital cards?

These digital cards are amazing! I'm creating Boom Cards™ multiplication facts for my students to use next year. I think they'll be excited about practicing their facts! They'll be available in Boom Learning℠ or at my TPT store!

What are  Boom Cards™?  Here's some more information about them.

Boom Cards play on modern browsers (released in the last three years) on interactive whiteboards, computers and tablets. Boom Cards apps are also available. Not sure your browser is modern enough? Try a free Boom Cards deck first. When you redeem your purchase, Boom Learning opens an account for you if you do not already have one. For TpT customers new to Boom Cards, Boom Learning will give you, for one year, a free account that lets you track student progress for up to 80 students. At the end of that year, you may renew or choose not to renew. If you do not renew, you will be able to continue using Boom Cards with the Fast Play feature. Fast Play does not track individual progress.

 

Click on the picture below to go directly to the product in my TPT store.  This is currently the only deck available in my TPT store.

Click on the picture of the sun below and it'll take to you the preview in my store at Boom Learning℠.

 Decks are currently available for facts x4-x9 at Boom Learning℠. You'll be able to see a preview of each deck in the store.  

Don't Miss Out!

Spring break has finally arrived!  This has been an incredibly busy school year, and I've missed creating.  After reviewing some math data for my class, I decided to make a fun little review game for properties of multiplication. Kids love puzzles!

Our students begin testing once we return from break.  We'll be busy reviewing! 

 

 

Happy shopping!  I'll be offering 28% off all products in my store including already reduced bundles. 

This year I'm in survival mode.  Being president of our union and also a negotiating year has me beat!

Arrays with Turkeys

My students needed a little extra practice with arrays and repeated addition, so today they worked with turkeys.

We also reviewed prefixes and suffixes with Roll and Read.  They worked in groups of 7 and they played well together in a larger group.  It's ideal to work in smaller groups to keep the game moving, but if they work well in larger groups then give it a try.  I only had 2 large dice so we used larger groups.

After playing the game (Roll and Read)  today, a helper passed out 7 cards to each student.  They wrote the words on the feathers and then used one word in a sentence.  This was another great activity to use when students spend the week testing!