
The Essentials: How to Teach 3rd Grade Math
Are you a new third grade teacher and want to know how to teach 3rd grade math? Or are you a vet that just needs

Are you a new third grade teacher and want to know how to teach 3rd grade math? Or are you a vet that just needs

In my post Squashing Fraction Misconceptions, I talked about the advantage of building number lines with fraction bars. As an extension to that blog post, which you can find

Today, I want to discuss the importance of using number lines with students to get them to conceptually understand fractions. Number Lines are such great tools

Properties of Operations are those three pesky words that reoccur throughout the common core standards. Some of you may be wondering exactly what they mean.

Place Value is such an important topic but many of our students have a difficult time understanding and applying it. Today my focus will be

Check out this 90+ page packet that contains 3 core activities to support number sense of numbers 1 through 1,000. Hundreds Chart Frenzy is

This is part 2 of a two part post on Hundred Chart Activities. If you have read part 1 of the post, welcome back. If

Looking for fun hundreds chart activities? In this blog post I’ll discuss different ways to engage your students in activities using hundreds charts. These charts

It’s Time for Some Pi Recently a colleague asked about various activities that can be used to celebrate Pi Day on March 14th

Subtraction has always been a topic of interest to me. As a teacher I remember teaching the traditional algorithm like the one in the image