At the end of my first year of teaching (a ridiculously long time ago!), I was confronted with the ugly fate that all poor teachers face: THE TEST. Realizing that my kids weren’t completely prepared, I grabbed a stack of colored paper from the work room and wrote out some questions for them to work…
Math
Freebie: Easy as Pie Game
We retired Easy as Pie from our etsy shop and we are now offering it as a free download for you! It's the perfect way to add a little math practice to some Thanksgiving fun next week. Concept: addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts Game Type: board game for 2-4 players Includes: game board, rules, instructions,…
2nd Grade Common Core Morning Work
(See 1st Grade Morning Work here.) **We made a HUGE update to this product. Read about it in this post.** In my classroom, students begin the day by working independently in their morning work books for 10-15 minutes. Trying to design the original version of the morning work book in 2003 is what first got…
Math + Games — Dice
Besides number cards, dice are a must have in a math classroom! You can use these "random number generators" (I had a professor who called them that!) in limitless ways. Check out some of these sites for suggestions: spaghettiboxkids.com teacher.scholastic.com activityvillage.co.uk proteacher.org
Math + Games — Cards
ETA: the downloads are updated so they should be formatted correctly now. 🙂 I am a huge fan of using games to practice arithmetic. The students are motivated and engaged and practicing important skills in relevant settings and deepening their understanding by applying strategy and problem solving. It's really a win-win-win-win-win situation! Most math games…