Just kinda’ accidentally stumbled upon a really cool educational game site…and it’s free!  Now I realize I may be the last to know about ABCya — that does happen sometimes 🙂  But for anyone who doesn’t… …the site has reading

Before Common Core, teaching the Metric System to 5th grade students was not part of the 5th grade math curriculum in Kansas.  So, last year was the first year I taught the metric system to my students.  That experience turned

Wow…the new Common Core Math Standards for 5th grade are challenging to say the least!  This year has been difficult.  I honestly don’t know what to think about the new curriculum.  I believe it will get easier as students coming