A Primary Teaching Blog
Subitizing is an important part of learning numbers. Subitizing is when you can identify a set of numbers quickly without counting. A good example of this in our own lives is rolling a dice for a game, it’s very likely you can identify what you land on within a second and you didn’t have to count the dots. This fluidity… Read More
If you were to look in your files (or your TPT purchases-who am I kidding, that is my files now), do you own a set of “task cards“? I own about 7,000 sets (okay that’s extreme, but I do own quite a few) and sometimes I need to spice up how I use them. Here are some ideas on… Read More
Quick, what’s 6 X 7? Maybe it took you a second to figure that one out or maybe it sent you into panic mode that you couldn’t remember (or maybe you’re just that smart and knew in 1 second). I know for me there’s a black hole when my 6/7/8 facts are concerned. I’ve been reflecting and having a lot… Read More
An article written about using “number talks” to analyze student thinking and allow students to problem solve. Metacognition is the awareness and understanding of one’s own thinking or simply “thinking about thinking”. As adults we have a tendency to already know our processes for problem solving, but young students today have a very hard time being problem-solvers. Students expect the… Read More
a blog post about math activities Math centers can be pretty daunting, but if you have the right activities (and of course some good old classroom management) they really can be great! I’m all about EASE. I have no time for complicated centers that need to be changed every day 0r even every week! Here are a few simple activities… Read More
I’m obsessed with Target Dollar Spot erasers. Aren’t we all? We walk in, get sucked in right away to the Dollar Spot, and what do we see? These sweet little baggies full of cute erasers. Do we know what do to with them? No. Do we care? No. I thought to myself, I probably have AT LEAST 3 baggies per… Read More
This year I wanted to start our measurement unit out with a fun inquiry. I created a very simple, yet very effective measurement inquiry. It took about 10 minutes and the kids completely got where we were headed. This measurement inquiry is for the first grade common core standard 1.MD.A.1, ordering 3 objects by length. I asked each table (6… Read More
Hi there, I’m Lauren, author of A Teachable Teacher! I’m so excited that Jen asked me to share on her blog today. I’ll be sharing some fall math read alouds that are perfect for enforcing the concept of estimation! When I first started teaching first grade, I inherited many MathStart books. They are perfect for introducing new math concepts. Betcha is a… Read More
It’s Wishlist Wednesday again! Thanks to Jen at Teacher by the Beach. If you didn’t check out last week’s deal, you can still see my Grammar Readers in action! Here’s today’s deal… I created this pack to give my students more practice with number bonds, decomposing numbers, and making numbers in a fun way! These are perfect activities for the beginning of the year,… Read More
It’s hump day! I’m linking up with Jen at Teacher by the Beach for Wishlist Wednesday! On Wishlist Wednesday, we put one of our most wish-listed items on sale! This week I’m having a sale on my Time to the Minute Center. This is a must have for practicing the daunting skill of telling time to the minute. Here’s what you… Read More
