Search results matching tags 'math' and 'teacher's notebook'

Multiplication Facts Strategies Poster Pack

Anonymous — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:36:00 GMT

I finally completed my multiplication poster pack for helping students master their basic math facts!

It includes posters for facts from 0-12 and then 5 separated posters for solving multiplication problems including:

* drawing arrays

* drawing groups

* drawing pictures

* skip counting

* using repeated addition

To purchase this file, head to either of my shops by clicking the buttons below!

I hope to be back soon with a fun Christmas writing activity!

Happy Sunday! Is anyone else bummed that Walking Dead doesn't come back til like February!? Bummer!

Swat It Games Giveaway

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:40:00 GMT

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So my Dollar Tree shopping spree landed me with these Jumbo fly swatters.

My first thought was that these were some overkill fly swatters for a tiny fly.

But I'm not using them to kill flies.

I'm using them for my Swat It team games.

More games to come too! I'm working on one for place value and sight words. So go grab your Jumbo Swatters!

Display the concept cards on your board, split into teams, and call off questions.

Teams have a swatting good time to hit the answers first!

I'm having a giveaway for these games

1 winner will win all 8 games I've made so far

7 winners will get to choose 1 game of their choice

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Bottle Cap Math...Make it Monday

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:34:00 GMT

My project today was to make more Bottle Cap Math sets.

This is a popular center in my classroom so I wanted to make multiple sets with the collection of caps I lugged home for summer break prep.

First, I sorted all the different style caps and threw out the ones I didn't like. I'm picky like that.

I tried to keep the same color whites together as well as kept in mind the cap heights.

Then I broke out all my colored Sharpie pens and went to work.

I suggest that you use different colors as much as possible to help separate sets.

Light colors like yellow and orange don't show well on the caps from my experience.

I labeled caps with a variety of numbers. Some were simply numbered 0-9 and others depending on the skill were 2 or 3 digit numbers. The best part about many of the worksheets are they are open ended and you can add more numbers or change them out as needed.

I also printed up the Bottle Cap concept worksheets and laminated them for yearly reuse.

Concepts include place value, rounding, sequencing, fractions, skip counting, probability, measuring, multiplication, and addition and subtraction

Here are game sets in action

You can get any of the sets {HERE}

Comparing Numbers

Place Value

Sequencing Before and After

Rounding

So that's my Make It Monday!

Don't forget to enter my Hot Dots Giveaway

Enter {HERE}

Finding the Range and Measuring

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:00:00 GMT

I have new activities to share today! The first one is my freebie! This activity is to help students practice measuring different objects to the nearest half inch. I gave my students the exact rulers they will use on the PASS test (our lovely state standardized test) to practice measuring with. Just click the image below to download.

I am just so proud of this next activity! I came up with a clever name and it fit with one of my adorable clip art sets! We practiced and played this today and they were loving it!

Click my TN shop button below to grab yourself a copy!

Is anyone else happy that it's Friday Eve!??

Intergalactic Fractions!

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:09:00 GMT

I have been doing math center review activities this week to help students practice various math skills in preparation for PASS and tomorrow we are working on fractions of a set! I made this fun little space themed activity to use and it's for sale in my TN shop!

First to comment wins a copy!

Or you can just fly on over and grab yourself a copy!

I wish I had more to share today but I am wiped out!

More to come!!

Data and Graphing Mini Unit

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:32:00 GMT

This weekend has flown by and I am not quite ready for school tomorrow! I have spent WAAAAY too much time blog stalking and piddling around on the web today...

On a teachery note, I have finally finished working on that Data and Graphing unit that I told you about, oh like two weeks ago. I love teaching data! It's so much fun and the kids like being able to go around and survey each other! One of my favorite things we did though was a fun activity to teach line plots. I had a piece of chart paper set up before we started titled "Paper Ball Baskets." The students each got a turn trying to shoot a paper ball into our recycling bin (you could anything really, but the bin is large enough to really give everything a good chance.) The students shoot until they miss. I plot on a chart the number of times they shot without a miss. When the whole class is finished, we discussed how many shots most people made in a row and so forth! It was my BTF's (Best Teacher Friend - remember, I bragged about her yesterday) idea and we had so much fun!

Anyway, the unit is available in my Teachers Notebook shop for $5.00! BUT, I will be giving this unit away to 3 lucky peeps! All you have to do is head to my facebook page and like it, if you haven't already! Click HERE to visit my facebook page!

Please leave a comment with your email!

I will choose the 3 winners tomorrow night! (I think...) We have PTA tomorrow so I will try my best to do it afterwards!

If you wish to purchase this unit, you can head to my TN shop by clicking my button below!

Angle Sort Freebie

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:42:00 GMT

So, today was my first day back after my six week hiatus. It was a strange day because most of our third graders went on the big field trip today and I stayed behind with the students who couldn't go. It ended up being like 24 kids, which is really sad. However, it was kind of nice because I got to play catch up while they did their busy work! All in all, it was a pretty good day! Tomorrow will be the true test though because I will have my whole class back and I'll actually be teaching!

As I was catching up today, I realized that I teach a lesson on the kinds of angles tomorrow and so I created a fun angle sort! Just click the image to download!

I have also been tagged by Tessa from Tales from Outside the Classroom and by Erika at Think, Wonder, Teach and haven't had the time to get around to that!

Here Are The Rules:

* Answer the 10 questions that the tagger posted for you

*Create 10 questions of your own to ask the people that your're about to tag

*Tag 10 people and link them with your post (and let them know they've been tagged!

Tessa's Questions

1. Who made the biggest impact on your decision to become a teacher?
My freshman high school English teacher, Mrs. Hein. She made everything so much fun and engaging and I knew then that the decision was made even though I always dreamed about it as a child.
2. What has been one of your favorite teaching moments?
My favorite teaching moments are always overhearing students say how awesome you are as a teacher when they think you can't hear them! I love those times.
3. What is your favorite thing to teach?
I love teaching Social Studies! I know...weird. In 3rd grade in our state we teach all about South Carolina history and I just love all of the history that has happened in our state!
4. What is your favorite thing to do outside of school?
My favorite thing to do outside of school is to spend time with my close friends and family!
5. What do you plan to do over summer break?
I have lots of plans to create, create, create for my teacher store and blog! I really want to work on making the ELA word wall word cards.
6. If you weren't teaching, what would you be doing?
I honestly have no idea because I have never imagined doing anything else!
7. If there was only one thing people knew about me, I wish they would know....
that even though my face might look like I'm mad, I'm most likely not! I can't help it!
8. What is your favorite tv show?
WALKING DEAD! I love this show and I can't wait for it to come back on in the Fall!
9. What are you addicted to? (think Diet Coke, flip flops, etc!) :)
Wine. Nuff' said.
10. What is the best non-children's book that you've ever read?
The Help

Erika's Questions

1. What is your favorite recipe?

I love making country style pork ribs marinated in OJ and garlic. Grill for 20-30 minutes glazing with teriyaki for the last five minutes! I like to pair it with mashed potatoes and glazed carrots!

2. Where do you find resources for your classroom?

I find SOOO much stuff on Pinterest. I also find quite of bit of great things on other teacher blogs. And I also create a lot of what I use!

3. Name 3 organizational supplies you can't live without.

My library baskets!

The students PIRATE binders where they keep all of their homework and papers.

And this bad boy from Lowe's:

4. What are your favorite colors?

I love orange and teal.

5. What is your class or personal motto?

Respect yourself, others, and the environment.

6. Do you use the common core standards in your classroom?

We will be using the Common Core standards for Math starting next year. We will implement the ELA standards in the coming years.

7. What are your thoughts on whole brain teaching?

I saw a video on it once and I was baffled at its awesomeness! I need to learn more about it!

8. Name 3 things the you need most for your classroom.

Paper! Those kids are like paper monsters! I don't really know that there's anything else I need, but I really would like some of those chair pockets and some iPads!

9. What do you do to celebrate a big accomplishment?

I treat kids to an off campus field trip to either the movies or Frankie's Fun Park! They don't often get those experiences so I try to provide those when I can.

10. Are you/do you plan on becoming nationally certified? Why or why not?

Not right now. I have a lot of plate right now, so I am just trying to get back into the swing of things!

Here are my questions:

1. What is your favorite book?

2. How do you motivate your students?

3. What is your favorite creative way to assess your students?

4. What is the best field trip have taken with your students?

5. What do you do to stay in shape outside of school?

6. What is a quick and easy recipe you cook?

7. What is the most exciting lesson you have ever taught?

8. What is the best teaching advice you have ever received?

9. What is your favorite read aloud?

10. What is the coolest thing you have ever learned at a professional development?

I am only tagging five friends and here they are:

I can't wait to learn more about you guys!
AND last but NOT least, my clip art shop giveaway ends tonight at midnight! Don't forget to go enter! You could win my ENTIRE clip art shop!

Just click my button below to head over and enter!

Charts and Graphs Clip Art

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:35:00 GMT

I am STILL working on this Data unit and it seems to be taking forever! I hope to have it completed soon! However, while I have been working on this unit, I have created different types of charts, graphs, and data displays to use in the unit and I thought it would be great to share them with you all!

You can click the image to head to my shop to purchase it!

Or, you could head over to my clip art blog and enter my AWESOME giveaway where you could win my ENTIRE clip art shop!! Yes, the whole thing! Head on over to my new clip art blog to find out how to enter and win! It's super easy!

4th Grade Common Core Math Cards!!!

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:08:00 GMT

Finally! After much hard work, the Common Core math word wall cards are done!! I am so happy to have them finally finished! AND, they will be on sale through Monday for $4.20, along with all of the other items in my store!

To go purchase your set, or any other items in my shop for 30% off, click my Teachers Notebook shop button below!

Happy Sunday! I hope you all enjoy your long weekend!

Freebie and a Sale!

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:35:00 GMT

Hey friends! I am overjoyed to be at 600 followers. Since I started this teaching blog two years ago, I never imagined that I would still be so passionate about posting things going on in my teaching world. I fell off the planet for a while, but I've been going strong since this summer!

In honor of reaching 600 followers, I am having a sale on EVERYTHING in my Teacher's Notebook Shop until tomorrow at midnight! If you haven't grabbed yourself a set of Common Core Math cards yet, this is your change to get it 30% off! And don't forget about my Poetry Unit and much more!

Click my button to head over and check everything out!

This week, we have been focusing on the four sounds of 'ou' during our Word block. A previous colleauge of mine always did an 'ou' Scavenger hunt. We did it again and it was soooo much fun! I printed the 'ou' words on 2 by 4 inch labels and then just put them on neon index cards. I placed them around the room in random places and then handed out the scavenger hunt recording sheet. Students had to read each word they found and determine what sound it made and write under the correct sound column. I purposefully put in some harder words to challenge them a little bit and told them if they had trouble reading the word, to try the word with each sound and then ask a friend. I only had to help them with a couple of the words, but it was still fun!

And I was overjoyed to see one little friend doing this to figure out the word.

I was so happy he was using his chunking strategy!!

If you would like to download this activity, please click the pictures below.

This first file is a Word document in case you want to change the words. You need "Wish I Were Taller" font by Kevin and Amanda.

I have had a pretty rough time of it the last few weeks since we returned from Christmas break. There are things that have happened which I can't really discuss here that have just had me frustrated and feeling like I don't know how much longer I can continue on. It has nothing to do with my students because they are AWESOME and I love them. BUT, after these weeks of frustration, this pretty much made my week. We have been learning about fractions and we finally got to have outside recess yesterday. It has been wet and raining for the last few weeks, but this is what my friends were doing during recess...

It made me feel like I must be doing something right, even though I don't always feel that reassurance. Talk about a bunch of awesome kids! They are what is keeping me alive! =)

Head on over and enjoy my Teacher's Notebook sale! It will end tomorrow night!