Oh, Middle Schoolers! How I love thee! You keep me entertained with your sass, drama, and constant dancing. However, I do NOT love the paper spewing from every square inch, the rambunctious starting of class, or the constant hovering near the pencil sharpener just to talk to your friends! Please tell me I'm not alone! What’s classroom management like in a middle school class? Well, I have come up with a few tricks up my sleeve to try and curb ... Read the Post...
Teacher School Supplies Wish List Must-Haves
It's the end of July and you know what that means?! It’s BACK TO SCHOOL TIME! Cue the confetti and the wine (joking, joking…). Back to school time is one of my favorite times of the year, I mean I’m a teacher so it’s like practically a requirement to enjoy the back-to-school rush. So I’m making my teacher school supplies wish list while sitting poolside. Who doesn’t want to catch a few more rays of sunshine while online shopping? I’m breaking ... Read the Post...
Volume of Prisms: How to Engage & Excite 5th Graders
There is something about geometry standards that I just love to teach! I feel like I love every math topic and I probably do, but the volume of prisms is something special. This is the unit when I see my students gain excitement and have all the lightbulb moments. Typically I have a few students who claim they hate math and that it’s really hard and boring. But in the volume of prisms unit, those students change their tune. They start to like ... Read the Post...
Teach How To Solve Math Word Problems Without Tears
Confession Time: when I realized that teaching math meant teaching word problems, I almost cried. Like on the verge of tears when I realized that my students would be looking to me to help them with word problems and looking at me to solve math word problems. Word Problems are a struggle no matter if you teach 3rd graders or 8th grade. Everyone hates application-type problems. But teaching how to solve math word problems doesn’t have to bring up ... Read the Post...
