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Spring Math Centers for 1st and 2nd grade

Spring Math Centers for 1st and 2nd grade

Spring is here! Time to freshen up your math centers with these fun, hands-on activities for 1st and 2nd grade learners. The end of the school year is just around the corner! Take time to switch up classroom math centers to strengthen math skills, supplement student...

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The Benefits of Social Learning Routines

The Benefits of Social Learning Routines

A lack of appropriate peer interaction has created a social development drought for some students.  The “normal” expectations of behavior have changed and it’s time for our instruction to change with it. Read on to find out how to use social learning routines to...

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Mental Math Strategies and Resources

Mental Math Strategies and Resources

"Use your mental math strategies" is a phrase heard around the world in classrooms. But just what IS mental math? And how can students get confident in using it? Cozy up and keep reading to find some tried and true (teacher backed) strategies to get your little...

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Student Data Tracking Booklets for Math & Literacy

Student Data Tracking Booklets for Math & Literacy

Student data tracking is useful so teachers have the information needed to drive their plans for instruction. Similarly, it can drive student motivation when they track their own data. When tracking their data, students will take ownership of their learning. Academic...

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How To Use Mini Math Anchor Charts With Students

How To Use Mini Math Anchor Charts With Students

How’s math instruction going in your classroom? Second-grade math is a pretty mixed bag of abilities. Students are making the transition from a lot of concrete math instruction in Kindergarten and 1st grade into more challenging and abstract concepts. Plus… word...

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Using the Phases of Math Mastery to Plan for Small Groups

Using the Phases of Math Mastery to Plan for Small Groups

If your class is anything like mine you know that kids come in at all ability levels with gaps in a hundred different places within math domains. You might have a kid rocking the number and operations domain but working below grade level in algebraic thinking sitting...

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How To Plan & Teach Math Interventions

How To Plan & Teach Math Interventions

So, like an academic progress detective you’ve done that hard part- you’ve identified where the learning gaps are for your students in math. You’ve pinpointed which standards need reinforcement - but what’s the next step? Once you have that data in your hands, what do...

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