If understanding place value means correctly interpreting the value of a digit based on its place in a number, then just having students use a place value chart is probably not enough! Teaching place value…
Unitizing is not only a mathematical term, but it’s also a business term. Have you ever wondered when businesses ship hundreds of boxes, how do they keep track? By unitizing! The shipping company will unitize…
For the past few years, I have always taught finding the central message (or moral or lesson) of a story as a separate standard. But I tried something different and it is working very well…
After focusing on the non-fiction text and the informational text standards, it’s time to switch the focus to the literature standards. To teach the literature standards, I use folktales. My favorite author to use is…
Do you enjoy using Gerald McDermott’s books in your classroom as much as I do? I have been using his stories for at least 10 years since I discovered them to teach the third-grade literature…
