teaching little stars to shine brightly
Welcome back for my final Math Monday of the summer! If this is your first time stopping by, be sure to check out the previous posts in this series: NUMBER SENSE MATH WORD WALLS PLACE VALUE Now, if you didn’t already know, Math Journaling is my JAM! It may be my favorite thing that goes on my my classroom, no matter the grade level! My
Why didn't I think of these?!?
7 Uses for Colored Dot Stickers
classroomtestedresources.com
Teachers are always looking for inexpensive and effective ways to organize their classrooms. Take a minute to check out these simple ideas for using colored dot stickers to make your life a little easier.
I'm embarrassed that I laughed out loud, but they're really funny!
18 Really Funny Math Jokes for Kids
amomwithalessonplan.com
These funny math jokes for kids will quickly become favorites around the math loving crowd! Do you know how to make one vanish? Add a "g" and it's gone...
A center that can be used in any content area and any learning objective?!? SIGN ME UP!
Kaboom! Possibly The Best Center Game Ever! - The Starr Spangled Planner
starrspangledplanner.com
Do you use Kaboom! in your classroom? It has been my go-to center for the past few years, whether I’m teaching Firsties, or now third graders. If Kaboom! is new to you, or it is something you haven’t yet tried in your classroom, here are some great reasons to give it a try: 1. It is highly engaging...
8, 12 and 17 are at the top of my list! What are yours?
19 Things Teachers Want Their Principal to Know - Appletastic Learning
appletasticlearning.com
Teachers are tired. More precisely, they feel exhausted. They often feel alone and long for support and understanding. In the past 15 years or so, I have seen a shift in the way society views educators. While there was some good that came from No Child Left Behind (2001), it began a wave of change …
YESSSSSS!!! "We want him to fail right now. If he fails right now, spectacularly and often, when he is an adult, he will know that failure isn’t the end of the world. The earth will not, indeed, stop turning on its axis. He will learn that he is a human being and that, if he doesn’t try, he will crap the bed. That he will fail, and his parents aren’t going to fix it for him. That he will fail all of the time throughout his life, and that’s the only way he will learn anything. That no one is perfect, and trying to be perfect is a really shitty goal."
The Case For Celebrating Your Kid’s Failure
scarymommy.com
What if we stopped making our kids’ failures into this huge negative thing?
