Fun with Fractions

One of my favorite units in my math curriculum to teach is fractions.It's easy to apply the concepts to the real world and show students it is a important life long skill.Students come into 3rd grade with a basic understanding of what a fraction is: part of a whole.From there I can jump right into teaching fraction equivalency.With spring in the air, I have the perfect project to drive home fraction equivalency in a concrete, visual way. Equivalent...

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Guest Poster: Rachael Parlett, Pockets of Poetry

Did you know that April is "National Poetry Month?"It's a great month to expose your students to this fun reading genre!  Whether you do an entire unit on poetry, or just touch upon it for a week, students are sure to get excited about poems!  There are poems for everyone!  There are so many resources both online and in hardcopy!It's easy to get lost online perusing through the gazillion poetry websites for kids.  Here is just...

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Poetry: Inspired by the Masters

Poetry is one of my great loves, and I have loved it since I was a child. While many people have novels on their nightstands, I have books of poetry. Poetry comforts me. It calms me. It amazes me. It speaks to my heart. Numerous bookshelves in my office at home hold many works by the great poets who are near and dear to my heart.Now I understand and respect the importance of Dr. Seuss, Jack Prelutsky, Shel Silverstein, etc. I know they are talented...

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Angles, Angles Everywhere!

Good morning! As many of you know I am a lover of anything and everything to do with an Interactive Notebook (INB). I am here today to share one of my latest flippables with you that my students have recently.We just finished up reviewing the four different types of angles as part of our Geometry Unit so we had to create a fun flippable to use as a resource.When my students walk in the door, they know to grab what is laying out for them and as part...

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Free 4 All Linky #3

 Once again, another awesome linky party for grades 3-6 full of FREE resources for you to download and use immediately!Link up your freebies below and grab some freebies from others! Link up a blog post or the TPT product page. After you link up, make sure you follow the rule of 3! Leave comments on the two posted before you and then come back and leave a comment on the one after you.One more thing...don't forget to promote this linky on your...

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Authentic Performance Tasks

Years and years ago, we learned about creating authentic performance tasks for our students. As we learned more about them, we were like, Wow! These are fun to create and came to find out, our students LOVED completing them. Creating authentic performance tasks allow teachers to be creative and students a chance to stretch their little brains. You may be thinking, Oh, I know what a performance task is....well, an authentic performance task is a little...

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