Thanksgiving break is right around the corner! Does your school have a whole week off or just a few days before Thanksgiving? Growing up we only had Wedenday-Friday off. Same with teaching. Once I started teaching, I realized those two days before break are some of the hardest times to plan for! Some students are …
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First Days of School Ideas- Getting to know the teacher
While teaching, I found one of the best forms of professional development is sharing ideas with other teachers. You can attend conference after conference about curriculum and teaching strategies, but in order to effectively reach the students with those strategies, you have to have a good foundation and rapport in the classroom. Using Pinterest, reading …
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Back to School!
Back to school time has ALWAYS been my favorite time of the year. Yes, I would get a little anxious seeing the aisles of the stores transform into mazes of school supplies because it meant that my summer was coming to an end, but excitement for the year to come quickly overtook the anxiety of …
Area of a Rectangle with Fractional Sides
When I was teaching 5th grade math, we had a textbook and workbook that we were suppose to follow. As I worked through it chapter by chapter, I discovered that it didn’t actually follow the common core standards very well. It jumped around from topic to topic and had us teaching things that weren’t in …
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Hello
Hi! I am Riley, the teacher behind Soaring Bird Mathematics. I have spent the past 4 years teaching Math and Science to 4th and 5th graders. This year I am staying home with my son and working on some curriculum development. While teaching, I spent a lot of time searching for differentiated material to match …
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