Organizing Your Desktop

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Ok, so this post has nothing to do with mathematics.  I had so much fun doing this I just had to share.  I’m not even sure how I came across this blog post by The Organized Classroom, but I really needed it.  The desktop of my computer looks a lot...

Christmas Math Centers

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As I stated in my December Read Aloud post, I get to spend time in my son’s kindergarten classroom doing math centers.  Here is what we did in the Christmas Math Centers: Memory using Snowmen Subitizing Cards.  I used this set of subitizing cards and set it up...

Hundreds Chart Number Path Challenge

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Last week I was observing in a 2nd grade classroom that was doing work with a Hundreds Chart.  The teacher did a fabulous activity she called the Number Path Challenge.  The kids could start on any number but they had to find three different paths to the number 38. ...

Teachers Pay Teachers Christmas Freebies

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Looking for some fun (and FREE) Christmas Themed Math Activities??  Well, Teachers Pay Teachers has a bunch of free ones, but I just picked out a few for you. 1)  Kindergarten and 1st grade kiddos will have fun with Santa’s Sleigh Drop.  They get to...

December Math Read Aloud

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The December Math Read-Aloud just HAD to have a winter theme.  And since understanding combinations that make 10 is such an important concept in the lower grades (and even still for some upper elementary kiddos!), the book Ten on the Sled by Kim Norman was just...