I’ve dubbed this school year “The Year of Fractions” for my daughter. She’s currently in Singapore Math 4A and she’s been working with fractions almost since the beginning of school. She’s been adding and subtracting them, writing them as mixed numbers, changing improper fractions to mixed numbers, and simplifying them to boot. When it came […]
Student Academic Goal Setting Sheets
I came across a pin the other day about helping students set academic goals for themselves and I just loved the idea! Setting, working towards, and achieving goals is a powerful skill that will help students not only be successful now, but also in the future. This is learned skill they can benefit from for a […]
Calendar Notebook Binder Printables
I love our morning meeting and calendar time but this year I’m going to do things a bit differently. I’m going to add in the use of a calendar notebook. We’ll start by filling in the date on our monthly calendar. This is a great place to practice not only the days of the week […]
Building Better Readers: A Word Recognition Strategy That Works
Over the past few months, my son has been learning to read and I thought I’d share with you a strategy that we use that has been very successful for us. I also used it with my daughter when she was learning to read several years ago. I was first told of this strategy by […]