By Rachel Lynette
Hello everyone! I’m Laura Santos, from Core Inspiration by Laura Santos, and I’m honored to have this opportunity to reach out and share my favorite math routine with you. One of the best (and most challenging) things about teaching math is guiding students in the creation of clear math models and helping them develop the ability to communicate the reasoning behind their solutions. The widely-adopted Common Core Standards for Mathematical
Happy spring! I’m Ellie from Middle School Math Moments, and I’m so happy to have the opportunity to share my ideas with you! I am always excited to learn something new, and I’ve learned quite a bit in the last few years about how the ladder method can help students with different math concepts (I didn’t learn this method when I was in
Hi everyone! I’m Brittany Kiser, from 123teach, and I’m so excited to share some ideas from my classroom in hopes that together, we can help students build confidence in math class! As a middle school math interventionist, the students who enter my classroom have already given up hope that they will ever be successful with math. I bet there are many other teachers out there who have
Today’s guest blogger is Mrs. D, and she’s sharing some wonderful and creative ideas for incorporating more writing into math curriculum. It’s totally possible–but it requires thinking about math differently. 🙂 Writing across the curriculum has been a movement in education, and my school district is no exception. With the recent changes to Common Core and PARCC testing, I found myself at a loss for how
Our guest blogger today is Robert, who is describing to us his confessions of a “misunderstood mathy” with a great sense of humor. Robert explores some really great thoughts about mathematics that are important for all teachers to keep in mind. For years my internal editor has instructed me never to begin any piece of writing with the word “I,” as it makes one appear
Here is a little round up of the best Minds in Bloom Posts of 2014! Each of these posts has had over 10,000 page views, and many have gotten quite a few more than that! As you can see, most of them are guest posts, which is awesome! You will find a wealth of information here, and if you like something, then be sure to
Minds in Bloom welcomes Kacie from Managing and Motivating Math Minds as our guest blogger today. She is here to talk about some valuable elements of the Common Core Standards of Mathematical Practices. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have become a controversial and highly debated movement in education. The standards have been praised, bashed, banned, and everything in between. Regardless of your feelings
Please welcome Sandra from Sandra’s Savvy Teaching Tips to Minds in Bloom! Her post explains how we, as teachers, can emphasize using manipulatives effectively in the classroom. An essential step in learning is making connections. Cards, dice, and money provide connections to real life. Sometimes struggling learners wonder why they need to learn something because they can’t see the connection to their life outside of school. Cards, dice, and
Minds in Bloom is happy to introduce Lauren from Mrs. Thompson’s Treasures with her post on how to get students to have fun while practicing their multiplication. Enjoy! Multiplication is one of those skills in math that kids really will use almost every day of their lives. Thankfully, it’s also a skill that can be practiced in many fun ways. Here are some great
Minds in Bloom presents Laura of First Grade Spies, with her post on small group instruction. Enjoy! I love working with small groups of students! Working with small groups gives me the opportunity to really get to know my cutie pies, to gently guide them through their journey of discovery. It’s such a great feeling to be sitting in the “front row” and seeing that
Minds in Bloom is happy to present another stellar post from Shelley Rolston on Writing across the Curriculum. Enjoy! I heard it a lot from students when I taught the upper elementary grades: “I’d like science if I didn’t have to write about it.” Or, “This is not math, it’s writing!” Have you ever heard this? In the younger grades they don’t often express
Minds in Bloom is happy to present this guest post by Kim of Teaching Math by Hart. We just know you’re going to love this post on journaling in math class! When I first introduce journaling to my students in my class, I generally hear comments like, “Aren’t we in Math class right now?” followed by, “Isn’t journaling for Language Arts class?” Who would
Hello! My name is Meg from The Teacher Studio, and I am thrilled to be over here blogging on Minds in Bloom! I am a fourth grade teacher-blogger who is PASSIONATE about teaching and learning and helping each child reach his/her potential. I also am a firm believer that helping students learn is far more complicated than checking off a list of learning targets–and
You are in for a treat today! We have a simple and effective idea for teaching what the equal sign means from Jen of Beyond Traditional Math. Every day we have a daily math review, where I change up the problems based on the needs of my class. We’ve been working on some pre-algebraic thinking, which is not easy for third graders. Here is the
We all know how motivating games can be in the classroom. In this post Adrianne Meldrum of The Tutor House shares some great ideas for using file folders, as well as a Halloween freebie! Thank you to Rachel for inviting me to write here on Minds in Bloom. Ever since I stumbled upon Rachel two years ago, I’ve been ever amazed at the high quality posts here
Please welcome Michelle Williams, a 4th grade teacher from Texas. Today she shares a super helpful idea to help students attack large numbers much in the same way they would attack large words. Thanks for sharing Michelle! When students learn how to read, they begin to read words with CVC patterns, but as they encounter more words, they soon realize that as words get larger,
