amanda beth online: Meet Amy Alvis

Let me start by saying that I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful group of teachers that are a part of this blog. In just the short time that we have been conversing, I have come to the conclusion that they all need to teach at my school! How fun would that be?!? And now....my introduction.

Hello, my name is Amy Alvis. I am a 5th and 6th grade teacher in the largest school district in Indiana. I am currently in my 17th year of teaching (Wow, has it really been that long!). I've taught grades 5-8 during my career. I started out in a middle school and then our district moved the 6th grade to the elementary and I've been there ever since. We are a small school in a large district and we only have one 5th and one 6th grade class. We are semi-departmentalized. I teach math, science, and social studies and the other teacher does all the reading, writing, and grammar. I've been a science trainer for the district for the past two years and a math trainer for the last year.

I would love for you to visit me on my blog: Math, Science, Social Studies....Oh, my!

I want to invite you to follow my Pinterest boards. For those of you that teach 5th and 6th grade math, I have boards dedicated to each of the common core standards. You can find my boards HERE.
I want to pass on a couple of FREEBIES to you. I have been doing math journals for the past 5 years with my students. I recently added science and social studies notebooks as well. I needed a way for my students to distinguish between each of their journals/notebooks so I created some labels. You can use the links below to find them in my TpT store.

Math Journal Labels

Social Studies Notebook - US History

Social Studies Notebook - World History

As a former middle school math teacher, my first LOVE is mathematics. I want to share one of the math games I created for my math centers. It is an Integer Review Game. The students practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, ordering and comparing integers. As well as evaluating expressions and interpreting integers. To see more about the game, click on the picture below.

I created this game because it is so hard to find center activities for 6th graders. I hope to create many more in the future. If you like the game, follow my TpT store to be notified when I have created more.