Even after 124 days of school this year I am still amazed at what these little ones are capable of! We've been having a blast diving in to our addition work! We began our addition unit last week and are now getting into the real "fun stuff!" We took a moment in our math lesson to … [Read more...]
Addition: Teaching to the Common Core! {freebies included}
Last week we started to cover addition! Needless to say I am EX-CITED! My students have worked so hard this year building math foundation skills. We are now soaring with all of our new learning! In this post I hope to share all of the ways I teach addition in my … [Read more...]
Place Value in K!
Hi friends! Well this week we completed our recap unit on teen numbers and place value introduction! Be sure to view my 2 previous place value posts {here} and {here}This week we worked on 2 fabulous hands-on place value activities, place value word problems, & more! … [Read more...]
Count it Up & More! {freebie}
Hello friends! Since I am unable to make it to the classroom I will share with y'all so I feel as though I am getting some "teaching" in! We went to school one day last week and we've only made it to school once this week due to two large snowstorms! We were out of power all … [Read more...]
Number Sense Classroom Resources {freebie}
As teachers we are constantly learning and fine tuning our expertise! When I first started teaching I had this idea that if my students could id and write their numbers to 20 then they had great "number sense." However, what I didn't realize was that I couldn't just teach my … [Read more...]
Interactive Math Games {freebies}
Happy Tuesday friends! Today was a great professional development day! Tomorrow is back to the classroom- - and I really miss those lil guys! Missouri is expecting some snow and ice Thursday so we will see if any snow days work their way into our already short week! I wanted to … [Read more...]
Math Centers {freebies}
Below you will find a peek into my math centers! I like to use math centers to practice skills we are currently working, but also skills that we worked on in the past. I feel that math centers are a way to keep the kids thinking about these skills! Place Value Blast … [Read more...]
Teen Numbers & Place Value Fun!
This week we started to review our teen numbers and move into place value. I'm not sure about your kiddos, but this has always been a difficult concept for my Kindergartners! This year instead of jumping straight into place value we are taking time to review the teen numbers with an … [Read more...]
Teen Number Fun! {freebies}
It's back to school...we had Friday off for conferences and Monday was a professional development day! This week is an exciting one in Math! We start teen numbers this week! As challenging as they can be ....teen numbers are a lot of fun to teach! Have you seen this … [Read more...]