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This is one of my all-time favorite lessons to do during our electricity and magnetism unit! It is such an engaging way to get the kids working with circuits. You’ll need the supplies pictured below for each student. Students can share a circuit set, if you don’t have…
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I have a bit of a love-hate relationship when it comes to teaching students the shift patterns of multiplying and dividing by powers of ten. It’s one of those underestimated concepts that you think will be so easy for them to learn. You soon realize that it’s not…
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I have always felt that it was important for student birthdays to be recognized in the classroom. It makes students feel special and it contributes to a sense of class community. Here are just a few simple ways to acknowledge student birthdays without interfering with precious instructional time.…
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Free Standards for Mathematical Practices classroom posters! I’ve been in “Standards for Mathematical Practices mode” for the last several weeks as I have been working on my Brain Power Math resources. I started to take a serious look at the CC Standards for Mathematical Practices. These 8 Practices can…
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I recently developed a slight obsession with Shrinky Dinks. It was one of my favorite crafting activities as a child, and now as a mom, my daughter is having fun with it too. If you’ve never used it, it’s basically thin sheets of plastic that you can cut and…
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This summer I was a guest blogger for Rachel Lynette’s Minds-in-Bloom. I wrote a post titled “Classroom Finds from the Hardware Store,” and in it I mention the use of tile spacers when teaching adding and subtracting integers; I had several people ask me exactly how I use…
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