As teachers we can sometimes be afraid to share too much of our personality with our students. After all, we have serious work to do in school. When I remember my math teachers from junior high and high school I mostly remember how serious they were. In retrospect I’m sure they had interests and personality, but that’s […]
Here's a little something I created to review finding coordinates for 5th graders.
I develop curriculum for middle school math. I focus on using critical-thinking skills in my content so the math makes sense to the students.
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Free printable 6th grade minimalist math curriculum that covers the same breadth of difficulty and variety of problems without all the repetition
This checklist is a must for any teachers utilizing or creating 6th grade math projects in their classroom. Have a 6th grade math project? Check this list!
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This free guide to how to use a protractor to measure angles and how to read a protractor includes several step-by-step examples, an animated video lesson, and a free practice worksheet with answers.
A few summers ago I attended a training for a program called Capturing Kids' Hearts! Let me tell you it was hands down the absolute best professional development I have ever had. I am such a believer in what they are doing and promoting. It is all about building relationships and capturing kids' hearts as the name suggest. There are many different pieces to it and I couldn't possibly share all of them. It really is something you need to attend their training to receive the full benefits. But I do want to share one aspect with you today. It's something I would venture to guess you are probably doing or have seen on Pinterest. Let's talk Social Contracts. This is very similar to Classroom Norms or Expectations. I start by asking my students to think about and respond to four questions. 1. How do you want to be treated by me (the teacher)? 2. How do you want to be treated by each other? 3. How do you think I (the teacher) want to be treated by you? 4. How do you want to treat each other when there is conflict? After students have plenty of individual think time, I then put them in groups of four giving each student a role. The Manager keeps the group on task. The Recorder records a final answer/list for the group. The Speaker will share the group's final answer with the class. And my favorite role - The Encourager. I love hearing my students cheer their classmates on for sharing their answers. After group time, we begin sharing and discussing as an entire class. During this time I have a student volunteer to be the Class Recorder. Their job is to record the answers as we discuss them. If an answer comes up multiple times, the Class Record will put a check mark by that word every time it comes up. Everything is student led. I am simply facilitating the conversation. I do manipulate the conversation in order to add No Put Downs on our social contract. Once the class discussion is over, students are given the opportunity to sign the contract before you display it in the classroom. I chose to create WordArt with the list this year. Each class was done in a different color. This is 2nd period's Social Contract. We are in the process of having everyone sign it and then I will hang it at the front of the room. I will remind students of what they agreed to, but more so I will teach students to remind each other. Do you do anything like this in your classroom?
Here's an exit ticket to show whether students understand the concept of distance measurement on a graph.
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I LOVE the month of January because that means a NEW year! It is a great time to start fresh and rethink things. Our NEW January NO PREP p...
Distance Teaching…Remote Learning…Virtual Teaching…Online Teaching …are a few of the terms you are using to describe how you are reaching a classroom full of students—from home. This is new territory for a lot of us teachers so I am going to jump right into this post. I have used a drawing tablet
If you are looking for math project ideas for 6th grade, you are in the right place! This list contains fifteen of my favorite 6th grade math project ideas.
Is Paul Pogba's dab perfect?
Today was our first day back at school after Christmas Break. I always have a little bit of nervous, excited energy when we come back to school after a break, and I certainly did this time. Last night I could hardly sleep and I tossed and turned thinking about seeing my students again and starting o
Test corrections are a great tools for pushing students and measuring their progress. Why you should offer test corrections in your class!
Important Dates for your calendar!! Dec. 4 - Students going on the Outer Banks Trip are currently selling Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Forms and $ are both due in this Friday!! Dec. 9 - Early...
Learn and practice adding complicated decimals with this free printable math worksheet.
