It's Time for Some Pi Recently a colleague asked about various activities that can be used to celebrate Pi Day on March 14th (3/14/14). I began searching for ideas and ran across several wonderful resources. Below you will find ideas to help you celebrate Pi ...
2nd Grade
Rethinking the way we teach Subtraction
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 below. I talked to my children about borrowing a ten from the 5 to add to the 1. It was an interesting thing because though I used the traditional ...
3rd Grade Geometry Interactive Notebook
Like myself, I am sure that you are enjoying the holiday break. During this time I have been busy creating an Interactive Notebook that aligns with the Common Core 3rd Grade Geometry standards. You are probably thinking why should I use an Interactive Notebook? An Interactive Notebook is an ...