by Jennifer Van Blair | May 7, 2023 | Math
If one unit of math gets overlooked, pushed aside, or skipped over, it’s measuring with a ruler. I get it. It’s the end of the year, and you get to ALL the significant standards, so you want to let down your hair and have a little fun. Measurement isn’t the most...
by Jennifer Van Blair | Apr 23, 2023 | Math
It’s tempting as you reach the end of the school year to feel that you might be able to relax. I started to think that, especially considering how hard I hit arrays and those models back in our multiplication unit. Here I am thinking finding area would be a...
by Jennifer Van Blair | Apr 16, 2023 | Math
Hey, hey, hey, teachers! Whether it’s the end of the school year or the start of a new one, math standards for common core are an essential part of the conversation. You have a limited time to tackle math skills for your grade level, and it can seem impossible to...
by Jennifer Van Blair | Jan 22, 2023 | Classroom Management, Math
Ladies, let’s be real – we all need a little drink (or two) to get through the school week. But, let’s raise a glass to something even more important: Engaging our students and building a strong classroom community through the use of task cards!...
by Jennifer Van Blair | Nov 12, 2022 | Engagement, Math
When I taught fifth grade, it always seemed as though it was the first time my students encountered the distributive property of multiplication. This was true of so many concepts I taught in math at the fifth grade level. My students looked at me as if they had never...
by Jennifer Van Blair | Oct 30, 2022 | Engagement, Math
High student engagement in math is the most effective way to make concepts stick. It’s also hard. Sometimes we are told what to teach and how to teach it. The result is showing up to the classroom and opening the book to the current lesson. We teach verbatim and use...
