I created this foldable for my 5th grade students Math Journals. Before Common Core, 5th graders in our state were not introduced to exponents so this is a brand new concept for most all

One of the main ideas behind the Common Core Initiative was to give students the strategies necessary to become effective problem solvers.  Along with this premise, students are taught various strategies or methods.  They

  Joy of Kindergarten is hosting a 5 Things I’ll Miss About Summer Linky Party!  I decided to join in the fun 🙂 First, I’ll miss setting my own schedule.  Go to bed when

Our district has given us the green light to abandon our state’s previous standards and focus completely on Common Core.  So, I have been spending the past few weeks gathering and creating materials to

  I have been busy making math posters for my classroom.  One of my colleagues saw my posters and literally went crazy over them.  I explained how easy it is to create a poster

I was introduced to what I think is a really cool website earlier this week and I wanted to share it with everyone.  The site is called Linoit…it calls itself a ‘sticky and photo