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Area and Volume Ah-Ha Moment

Recently, I was working with my students on both calculating the area and volume of cubes and rectangular prisms.  Most were catching on fine until the dreaded missing measure type problem reared it’s ugly

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No Doubts…

Many years ago, I visited a 5th grade classroom and the first thing I noticed was a poster.  This poster stated, “All Homework is Due Tomorrow Morning!”  Now there was more than one of

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Creating a Effective Word Wall

I have been using a math word wall in my classroom for years, but recently I have noticed several things about my word wall.  First off, I had too many words!  So many words,

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