5th grade is going to be the first time many students are exposed to Geometry being the study of more than just shapes, angles and lines. 6th grade picks up steam by adding in three dimensional figures, which in my opinion, is SO much fun and allows for so much hands on exploration and learning.

I’m not currently in the classroom, as most of you know, but I do have a 7th grade daughter who is working through advanced 7/8 math virtually. It is NO fun for her and very difficult since she can’t be with her teacher. So, I’m doing a LOT of teaching with her at home. She

This post contains amazon affiliate links.  Whether children realize it or not (ok, they don’t realize it), they start solving equations in FIRST grade. As soon a students begin discussing fact families, they begin getting their brain ready to understand and solve equations. Children as young as 6 can answer the question, “If 5 +

For all of my life, I’ve been a self-proclaimed math nerd. Math has always come easy to me and I actually ENJOY solving equations. Crazy, right? For me, systems of equations are simple to solve. It just makes sense to me. But for MANY people, many of your students included, it doesn’t make sense. It