Author Archives: Mrs. Kirk
Compose & Decompose Freebie!
Are you looking for FREE resources to help teach your students how to compose and decompose numbers? Well, I have a great resource for you here! This is set of notes and practice problems for composing and decomposing 3 digit through 5 digit numbers. The target grade level is 2nd – 5th.
Terrific Place Value Practice
Looking for resources to help your students practice writing numbers different ways?
Understanding Place Value
Have you ever had a student who seemed to understand place value initially, but then when questions were asked just a little differently couldn’t really answer correctly? Younger students need a lot of hands on practice and a lot of discussions before moving on to pictorial and abstract. What about middle and upper elementary? As the learning targets get higher and the numbers get bigger, most students need to revisit basic place value concepts with hands on experiences and discussions to build or review understanding before moving on to bigger numbers. Continue reading
5 Fun Ways to Practice Math Facts
It is important for kids to be fluent with their Math facts, but sometimes the same old pencil paper routines can get boring! And, let’s face it, some kids just need to move around while they are learning! Here are a few ideas to get your kids moving while practicing Math Facts:
End of Year Fun!
So, we have almost made it to the end of the year! We are on the final countdown! Many of us have had our state tests and some have had finals… but we still have school! Here are a few ideas to make the end of the year fun, but still keep it academic:
How to Solve Multi-Step Word Problems
After many years of teaching I have put together a “tool box” of tips and tricks to help students really understand and solve word problems, even the all complicated multi-step problems. Today I would like to share some of those tips! Whether you are a teacher, home school parent, or a parent helping your child with homework, these tips should help! Continue reading
Tips For Teaching Time and a FREEBIE!
My third and fourth graders have been learning about time! They have been telling time to the minute and finding elapsed time (intervals of time). Telling time can be fun, but it can be a bit challenging sometimes! Here are a few tips and a FREE Printable to get you started! Continue reading
Great Websites for Homework, Homeschool, or Classrooms
Need help with homework, homeschool, or classroom lessons? There are a lot of great resources on the internet! Some are better than others! Here are 3 that I think are pretty good!
Spring Fever
I am so excited to be part of the Springing into Learning Blog Hop with Kim from Elementary Antics and many other teacher bloggers! I can’t wait to see all of the great ideas everyone has to share! After reading my blog post, be sure to click the link at the end to hop on to the rest of the great blogs!
The winter holidays are over, the weather is warming up and the children have … Spring Fever! Well, as a veteran classroom teacher, I can sympathize with you … this is NOT the time for the kids to get silly and stop working! This is the time to pull out all your “tricks” and get them back on track!
I have a few tricks for keeping students engaged and counteract “Spring Fever”:
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