Project Based Learning

Place Value In the Wild is set up with a story to create excitement for students.

5 Essentials For Project Based Learning (PBL) Success In Your Classroom

Project based learning (PBL) is one of the most engaging ways for students to learn and master concepts. You probably already know about the cross

$Core Inspiration Telling Time Project Based Learning Unit$

Top Five Ideas for Math Workshop At Your Seat Activities

Math Workshop makes differentiating instruction seamless. If you want to learn more about the framework for Math Workshop, please read this post first. What Happens

Make Differentiated Math Centers Simple With Math Workshop

Planning and prepping differentiating math centers can feel like a full-time teaching job in and of itself. In your classroom, you probably have anywhere from

One Cool Friend read aloud about penguins

Books Teachers Love – February Read Alouds For Your Classroom

Thank you for stopping by for the January edition of Books Teachers Love. Each month, the BTL crew shares favorite read alouds for the

Rethinking Open House

A few of the learning principles that help us revolutionize learning in our district are to nurture a growth mindset, empower students and value the

Students create a frequency table to show the number of hearts they have.

Data Analysis Math Investigation – Conversation Hearts and Data Smarts

Teaching data = bliss. Most kids are thrilled when you ask them to look at an organized visual and answer questions about it. I remember thinking as

Five For Friday – Penguins, Physics, 100th Day, Math In Motion, and Whole30

I’m linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for her weekly Five for Friday Linky! ONE: 100th DAY OF SCHOOL Tuesday was our 100th day of school and the

Measure-Thon – Bringing Second Grade Measurement Lessons To Life

This week, we celebrated our knowledge about measuring length in our First Annual Measure-Thon! This multi-day math simulation was the highlight of my second graders’

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