Math meeting board 1st grade

At the beginning of the year, it is important to teach and practice procedures for math centers before jumping into rotations and groups! I'm sharing my favorite tips for setting up and launching math rotations in your elementary classroom! I share my step-by-step process for starting math centers in 1st grade! You can also grab some free beginning of the year math games and a guided math workshop lesson planning binder with schedules, center organization, lesson planning templates, and…

This summer I read the book Guided Math by Laney Sammons. Chapter 3 was all about using Math Warm-Ups. A quote that stuck out to me was, "Participating in a variety of brief mathematical activities during the first 20-30 minutes of the day leads students to make subtle mental shifts into the world of mathematical awareness and learning." (Laney Sammons also has a book called Daily Math Stretches for K-2 that sounds interesting, but I haven't checked it out yet!) This is why I've always tried…

So yesterday I decide to go by school to pick up my new teacher guides and check out the new math series our district just purchased for K-3...

Find loads of ideas for teaching calendar to your primary students in this post including creative and budget friendly options for the classroom.

Have you ever wanted your students to gain more from the daily routine of the Saxon Math calendar instead of simply completing the daily count? This paper will allow students to work as the "Student of the Day" everyday! Simply fill out the calendar information on the math meeting board, give each s...

I've loved looking at all of your beautiful and creative rooms these last few weeks! After working like an animal in my classroom this past week (in between all of those meetings/trainings of course) my room is complete. I've carried over the apple theme that I started last year. That made things a lot easier- although it didn't stop me from buying an insane amount of new things! Here are the pictures I took today at school. Enjoy! Room at a glance Grammar Wall (I am an ELD teacher so I have…

Find loads of ideas for teaching calendar to your primary students in this post including creative and budget friendly options for the classroom.

I'm linkin' up with Blog Hoppin'! This is where is ALL GOES DOWN! I've been in school for almost a week! It has been so crazy busy right now that I feel like I've neglected you all! I promise I think about you all while I'm dozing off on the couch at 7:00pm while watching *Teen Mom*. I'm just exhausted! :) Well friends...here it is...my cookin' classroom! :) I pretty much have gotten all of my ideas from all of you fabulous bloggers! So, if you see something familiar-make sure you click on…

As any parent or teacher knows, calendar math is a great way to help kids learn essential math skills. And when it comes to calendar math for 5th grade, you can use calendar pieces to teach multiplying mixed numbers.

Math menus provide student choice and self-pacing for learning. Get choice boards, math menus, and a fast finishers freebie.