by Shanon | Mar 8, 2022 | Math, Seasonal
Ahhhh – March 17th… Everyone else celebrates St. Patrick’s Day, while I’m celebrating my birthday! I have to say… having a birthday on a holiday makes it easy for people to remember my day – whether I want to or not! 😉 Either way,...
by Shanon | Dec 20, 2021 | Center Activities, Digital & Printable Task Cards
How to use task cards I think this is one of my favorite topics! I absolutely love incorporating games into my classroom – and task cards are exactly that! It’s really just a problem on a decorated card, but HEY! They make me so happy – and the...
by Shanon | Sep 20, 2021 | Early Finishers, Math
Place value with tens and ones I’m not sure about you, but I LOVE teaching place value in first grade. It seems like they just GET IT as soon as I teach it – no banging my head against the wall for this concept. Maybe it’s because Eureka Math does...
by Shanon | Aug 27, 2021 | Math
math review for 2nd grade If you asked me… worksheets or a game for review, I will 100% every.single.time pick a game, so this math review for 2nd grade is of course going to talk about a fun game. Just to clarify – this will also work well as a end of...
by Shanon | Aug 12, 2021 | Boom Cards, Early Finishers, Math, Worksheet
1st Grade Math standards Common Core How do you make sure that your students have mastered 1st Grade Math Standards Common Core? We always relied on our curriculum to teach the standards, until we moved to a standards-based report card. At that point, we needed to...
by Shanon | Jul 22, 2021 | Back to School, Math
Days in School This Days in School Counting Chart is another oldie but goodie! When I first started teaching, we always did Everyday Counts on our bulletin board (way before Activboards/white interactive boards). I would get up on my ladder EVERY.SINGLE.DAY to add a...