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Absences happen. Kids get sick, have appointments, miss the bus, travel, or are out for a hundred other reasons. What I don’t think should happen is that a student’s absence suddenly becomes my responsibility to manage. I will make sure students have everything they need to figure out what they missed and get caught up.
Students don’t just copy. They write, annotate, highlight, and interact with the content as we go. I guide the process so they’re learning how to take math notes, not just recording information.
The first week of school can be unpredictable, stressful, fun, challenging… all the things! This year I decided to spend my entire first week on review and group work in my 5th grade math classroom. I wanted to set the tone from the very beginning that our class would be one full of collaboration, teamwork
I’ve been a teacher for a long time. And for just as long, I’ve struggled with my weight. Not because I didn’t care. Not because I wasn’t trying. But because, like a lot of educators, I’ve been stuck in a cycle of giving everything to everyone else and putting myself last. Teaching is physically and
This year, I decided to try something new with my 4th and 5th grade math intervention groups: interactive notebooks. But not just any notebooks… mini ones. Why I Went Mini Let’s be honest: intervention time is short, and our students are often struggling with more than just math. Keeping things simple was the goal. So
