Archive for the ‘Elementary teachers’ Category
September 27th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Mailing May
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell (Greenwillow Books, 1997) is one of those picture books that can be used across the [...]
September 23rd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, math activities calendar
September Math Activities Calendar
Our September Math Activities Calendar is jam-packed with trivia, observances, and math problems to get your students using real-life math this month. Ideas for using the calendar in the classroom: Home-School Connection Make a copy for each student to bring home. Ask them to do 10-15 activities for the month (or all of them!). Students [...]
September 6th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Small Gems
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. One of the best things about going to workshops is the unexpected “aha” moments that aren’t on the agenda. They are [...]
August 30th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math Learning
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Model Drawing
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This summer I attended the workshop, “Introduction to Singapore Math Model Drawing,” presented by Susan Midlarsky. Model drawing is a problem [...]
August 16th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: The Important Thing About…
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Use the book The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown (Harper Collins Publishers, 1949) to create math poetry. Use the words [...]
August 15th, 2011
by Neal M in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, K-2 Curriculum, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Face Value or Place Value?
Throughout my teaching career, I’ve found that an understanding of place value is often at the root of a student’s struggle with math. Some researchers say we introduce place value too soon, others say we don’t do it soon enough. The Common Core Math Standards tell us to begin place value instruction as early as Kindergarten [...]
August 9th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math Learning
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Two of Everything
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. About the Book I was recently introduced to the book Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale (1993) retold by Lily Toy [...]
August 2nd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Summer Reading
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This month I was able to hear Beth Skipper, journal editor of Teaching Children Mathematics present on including literature in the [...]
July 19th, 2011
by Lisa W in Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Gearing Up For a New Grade Level
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. One thing I love about teaching at the elementary level is that you’re not locked into one grade level. With my [...]
July 12th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Summer School, Jumping in Feet First
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. You know its summer school as you navigate your way through halls crammed with stacks of chairs, desks and pallets of [...]
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