I am slightly behind posting and about to go out to eat with the family. So, I will keep this short and sweet (which is kinda my style anyway). I just want to share a new constructed math tasks resource I have been using with my students to improve their performance on math constructed response tasks. I created math constructed response tasks for each math Common Core ... Read More
Back to School Activities {Free}
Over the years, I have collected several different back to school activities. However, I always like adding to my collection and trying out new activities and printables. So this summer I put together this free pack of back to school activities that has a few random printables and activities that I thought my students would enjoy or benefit from. This is perfect for ... Read More
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions: OH MY!
I must admit, I was a little rusty when it comes to some of the more advanced math skills when my district first implemented common core. Like many of us, I was taught the traditional algorithm for everything! Well now, the Common Core is pushing some of these middle school skills into 5th grade. I have taught multiplying and dividing fractions in 5th in the past, but ... Read More
Math Common Core Assessments and a Fun Idiom Freebie
Do you have district assessments, quarterly assessments, and tons of other mandated assessments so it feels like you are testing instead of teaching? With that in mind, I just finished up a complete collection of QUICK math common core assessments and data tracking checklists. I am so excited about this, because I will have a quick assessment ready to go at a moment's ... Read More
Math Centers and Printable Resources for 5th Grade Common Core Math
Hello, teachers. I have been extremely busy digging into the common core standards and deepening my understanding. While doing this, I have been creating intentional resources for 5th Grade Common Core Math that will help my students master these standards. Here are a few new items in my TeachersPayTeachers store that I wanted to highlight on my blog. These resources are ... Read More
Math WarmUps & Reviews for Common Core
I finally got into my new classroom today, and I am so excited to be starting in a new school for this upcoming year! I cannot wait to share ideas and pictures when the year get started! But for now, I have another common core resource to share with you. I have made 40 pages of daily/weekly review or math warmups for the 5th grade Common Core math skills. I sequenced ... Read More
Guided Reading Notes
I recently updated my Guided Reading Binder and wanted (and desperately needed) a new guided reading form to keep more organized and teacher-friendly reading notes. I found that keeping individual papers for each student on each book was too tedious and took up too much paper/time. To help, I made a new guided reading template which I have been using to take daily guided ... Read More
6 Traits Writing Board and Writing Mini-Lesson Checklist
Need a way to remind your students of all of the writing strategies you have taught them? This post shares how I organize my writing mini-lessons and display them for my students using a dedicated bulletin board. To help you come up with mini-lessons, I also include the writing checklist I use for free. About the 6 Traits Writing Board For the past two years, I have ... Read More
Classroom Pictures 2011-12
I'm so excited to share my classroom pictures with you. This is my third classroom that I taught in last year. I love these pictures because this was in that era before Pinterest and before TeacherspayTeachers. I don't remember feeling stress when I set my room up for it to be as beautiful as the all the rooms you see on Pinterest because I was blissfully unaware. I just ... Read More
