by Kelly Hoffmann | Mar 6, 2021 | Lessons
How can you teach lessons with number lines virtually? This past year has been a challenge, to say the least! Turning an entire year’s curriculum into lessons that can be taught virtually has not been easy. One of the challenges for 7th grade math has been...
by Kelly Hoffmann | Mar 1, 2021 | Lessons
We love celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with our Students! Creative Lessons for St. Patrick’s Day are presented by teachers that include shamrocks, rainbows, pots of gold, and leprechauns. We teach the history of St. Patrick’s Day, some St....
by Kelly Hoffmann | Feb 21, 2021 | Lessons
Looking for a fun activity to help create number sense? I love box puzzles, and I love creating them. Students play with numbers with this pressure-free activity. When they discover the patterns, a light bulb goes on, and they are excited to find more! What...
by Kelly Hoffmann | Feb 5, 2021 | Lessons
Valentine’s Day will be very different in 2021! For years teachers have prepared fun party activities, served cookies and cupcakes, and had students use glue, scissors, and construction paper to create their own Valentine mailboxes. Students bought or made...
by Kelly Hoffmann | Jan 30, 2021 | Lessons
This is one of my favorite digital lessons on adding and subtracting decimals. Because it’s so important for students to line up their decimals correctly, this lesson gives students practice in placing their digits in the correct location. My students love...
by Kelly Hoffmann | Jan 23, 2021 | Educator's Blog
Pacing Guides are an area of contention for many teachers. The dilemma is when the “guide” becomes a dictated timetable, that pressures teachers to rush through content, in order to cover everything in a set time period. Pacing Guides were...
by Kelly Hoffmann | Jan 16, 2021 | Lessons
Newly popular among school teachers is the Pixel Art craze. Teachers who have discovered this enjoyable activity are reaching out to other educators, and searching teacher online stores for more. In this year of distance learning, Pixel Art has emerged as a popular...
by Kelly Hoffmann | Jan 11, 2021 | Educator's Blog
Why so many tests? Testing Students in the United States has increased substantially since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002. Proponents of increased testing state that the data testing provides, gives us important information to improve our teachers and our...
by Kelly Hoffmann | Jan 4, 2021 | Educator's Blog
There aren’t many sports that use negative numbers. (I’ve never actually had a negative golf score myself.) But if you’re a professional, like Tiger Woods or Michelle Wie, you will see negative numbers on your score card. And if...
by Kelly Hoffmann | Dec 31, 2020 | Educator's Blog
This common lament just makes a math teacher cringe! And it’s not because math is not within the realm of possibility for most of us. It’s really something we should all have a basic knowledge of. What really makes math teachers cringe is the...
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