Before you even bust my chops I know I am a week behind! Jeez...people! I was kind of busy in Vegas...baby! When I get a moment to breathe & get on a normal schedule I will be blogging about my trip. In the meantime, let's catch up on............. The way I run my math in my classroom will remain the same. I really feel like this entire chapter should be an entire book. I just felt like I didn't have enough information....to be brutally honest. I run my math stations typically like I do Daily 5 except they work in partners, with me, or by themselves and I don't have a chart. Basically, I don't call it Math Daily 3 or Math Daily 5. I just call it math stations. I have my math block after lunch & our daily jobs. I started out this year using EnVision...well that lasted all of 2 weeks. Blah! My students are babies & they are tired after lunch. They need to be up and moving and have some major hands on learning during math. Remember they have … [Read more...] about Daily 5-2nd Edition Chapter 8 + FREEBIES!
Candy Land Math Games
Daily 6 Chapter 6-Part 2 Word Work
This is by far one of my favorite parts of D5. My students have loved all the activities I've made for them. I split up this chapter because I have so many ideas that I have used for writing & word work & wanted to share them with you! I do work work activities based around spelling, vocab, seasonal, word wall, amazing & sight words. First I show them some but not all the materials they can use during word work. They must know where to find the materials and where to put them back independently. Then I go over the following chart. Click on the pic to take you to your freebie Work on Writing/Word Work packet. Now I'd like to show you some of my ideas for Word Work. You have to make it fun & exciting for them. Make things so they don't even realize they are learning. My kids would fight over going to Word Work & it was because I always had different things to offer. Their VERY FAVORITE Word Work activity is the following games I … [Read more...] about Daily 6 Chapter 6-Part 2 Word Work
Math Candy Land Games & TPT SALE!
I am so excited & exhausted for the TPT Teacher Appreciation Sale May 6-9th! I have been a busy girl! I get a TON of requests for games & I have fulfilled quite a bit in the last week or so. Please load your cart up because I am practically giving these away! I will be offering 20% off of EVERYTHING in my store! Don't forget to use the PROMO CODE (TAD12) for an extra 8% off! I am planning on starting Daily 5 Math and or math stations next year & wanted to get a head start. We started doing MClass Assessments this year & I was really surprised at how poorly my students did in the beginning of the year. I decided I might as well make math games to help them with skills they were struggling with as I did for reading. We use an awful math series that begins with the letter "E" & ends with "N"...I'll let you fill in the blanks. Needless to say, we have to supplement A LOT to fill in the blanks. These games have helped increase my … [Read more...] about Math Candy Land Games & TPT SALE!