Our Latest Fraction Projects!
In all of our spare time in between testing, we have been doing a few fun fraction projects that I thought I would share. The first one was to review …
Error Analysis for Enrichment and Critical Thinking
This year, working with a wide variety of students, many needing either extra help or extra enrichment and extensions, I have been doing a lot of reading about all different …
Adding & Subtracting Fractions
Now that we are done with geometry, we have moved on to Fractions. Oh, Fractions! Kids come in with the preconceived notion that fractions are Big and Bad and Scary …
Tell Me a Story Tuesday
Welcome back for another installment of Tell Me a Story Tuesday! Today, we did a BIG review of some reading skills with our picture. It's almost state testing time, so …
This Quarter's Novel Project!
We just finished reading the classic novel From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwieler. The kids enjoyed it, but I think they enjoyed their final projects more …
Literal Vs. Inferential Thinking
Last week, we focused on inference and cause and effect. My kids did well with it, but I wanted to make sure my kids understood the difference between literal and …
