Hi everyone, I have blogged before about Granite School District’s super math vocabulary resources and they recently (5/17/13) updated their Kindergarten Math Vocabulary lists! Their Math Vocabulary lists are aligned to Common Core State Standards and have definitions. Here is…
Hi everyone, As we all look forward to planning for the classroom after the holiday vacations, many of us will be thinking about effective ways to teach second language learners. Teachers want to include the instructional strategies that will increase…
Hello everyone,I recently was searching through Vimeo and found some great idiom videos to show my high school kids. I wanted to share this one…I think they did a great job. A great lesson would include the students having to…
Hi everyone, Math Curse – written by Jon Sciezka and illustrated by Lane Smith is one of my favorite math books. Published in 1995 the book tells the story of a boy who sees math everywhere in life. This book…
Are you looking for some fun ideas for Math and Thanksgiving? National Council of Teachers of Mathematics might have just what you are looking for! Follow this link to find lessons involving food and math for the season! Fun, fun,…
Hello everyone,I just saw this on Edutopia! Check out this short video about a school in Roseburg, Oregon making math part of every subject, every day! Happy Teaching!
Hi everyone, During the previous year I noticed that a group of my intermediate speakers of English were struggling with the phrases ‘just barely’. They were substituting ‘just hardly’ for it. I put together a one day ELD lesson and…
Hi everyone, I found a great pin that has 200 words to replace the word ‘went’.I want to make an anchor chart for my class using some of these! Click Here to see the pin! Happy Teaching! Lori
Hi everyone, Recently I was asked for a list of my favorite structured language practice activities. There are so many that it was hard to choose just a few. I began to compile a list of these tried and true…
Hi everyone, Granite School District’s has a super math vocabulary resources and 2nd grade Math Vocabulary lists that was updated in March of 2013! Their Math Vocabulary lists are aligned to Common Core State Standards and have definitions. Here is…
