Best Math Activities for After School 2013 As 2013 comes to a close, the hosts of the After School Linky have come together one more time to end the year with a bang! Each blogger in the group has chosen … Continue reading
Mitten Match A Compound Word Game I created this game while at “cruising altitude” on a trip from Seattle to Chicago. Not quite sure where the inspiration came from, but mostly likely the frigid temperatures that were awaiting us in … Continue reading
The Ten Plus Game A Game for Counting on from Ten Understanding the value of ten and being able to count on from ten is an important skill for students to understand place value. I created this game for my … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Turkey Lollipops I love this Thanksgiving Turkey craft from Tippy Toes and Tantrums. It is so simple and perfect for our Thanksgiving table! Yesterday, I sat down and made some with my boys. Here is how we did … Continue reading
FREE Thanksgiving Ordinal Number Activity Page I created this activity for my class today while I was home sick with my little one. I thought some of you may like to use the idea with your students or your own … Continue reading
Ordinal Number Practice Ordinal numbers are fun! Kids seem to know them simply from playing games, running races and trying to get done before someone else does it first. Aside from simply knowing who is first, second and third, students … Continue reading
Using Ten Frames for Building Number Sense What is Number Sense? “A well-organized conceptual framework of number information that enables a person to understand numbers and number relationships and to solve mathematical problems that are not bound by traditional … Continue reading
9 Freebies for Halloween For the last 4 Fridays, BMTM has been giving away a Halloween freebies. This week, I am putting them all together in one post and throwing in a few extras just because. Simply click on the … Continue reading
Witch Hat Glyph Here I go again with the witch hats! This is my third post involving witch hats and there are still more to come! This is a glyph I created for my students. Glyphs are fun way for … Continue reading
Teaching about Number Lines with The Number Line Hop The lesson this week in our math curriculum was about using number lines to solve subtraction sentences. I believe that number lines are an invaluable tool when teaching students to add … Continue reading
Spider Web Sight Words It must be Halloween season because that is all that is on my mind! I thought a fun way to practice sight words would be to make them into Spider Web Sight Words Cards and to hang … Continue reading
4 Simple Fall Graphs I love doing class graphs and there are so many wonderful happenings to discuss this time of year– visits to pumpkin patches, fall leaves and apple picking. I created these very simple fall graphs for teachers … Continue reading
