Fun Games for Learning the 50 States

…How to Play Find the States Showdown: The first Leader selects a number card from the State Numbers deck and announces the number to the team. Everyone looks at the…

Why I Stopped Criticizing Common Core Math

…that celebrities and comedians like to paint a picture of students using number parts and number lines as adults, (ahem–Stephen Colbert) and I laugh right along with them…because using those…

Math is More Than a Numbers Game

…to read and understand the language of mathematics than on the ability to perform mathematics computation. In other words … Math is more than a numbers game. Years ago, standardized…

Solving the Hand Raising Problem

…that receives a large number of responses, I’ll compile the best answers to create a helpful blog post. That way your great ideas won’t get lost in Facebook land!  …

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…access to over 75 of my best freebies! If you STILL can’t find what you’re looking for, please fill out this Google Doc form to report the problem. I’ll look…

Make Your Mark on International Dot Day!

…a Dot Day Virtual Group Chat! My International Dot Day Discussion Cards product includes links to a Google Slides Virtual Chat that I created with digital versions of the discussion…

Teaching Kids How to Have REAL Discussions

…product, so it now includes editable Google Slides versions of the lesson resources. If you’d like to take a look, click here to preview a PDF of the entire product….

Investigating How to Make Icy Roads Safer

…student directions, and a lab report for students to complete as they conduct the investigation. Both printable and Google Slides versions of the lab report are included with the activity….