Rounding to the nearest whole number is one of those math topics that is instinctive and easy for some students, while incredibly difficult for others. There’s typically a handful of students who initially appear to “get it” but continue making the same errors, due to the fact they’ve just memorized a procedure. Typically, students who […]
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Have you ever read a standard where you had to read, reread, and reread again, and you were still completely confused? That’s how I felt when I first read 4.NBT.1 Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. While I understood
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Most teachers begin the year by teaching place value. That isn’t a coincidence. We begin with place value because it lays the foundation of all additional math concepts. Unfortunately, teaching place value can be tricky, and it’s easy for students to fake understanding. That’s why it’s so important to slow down and teach for a
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Visualizing when reading is not something that comes naturally to all students. In many situations, visualizing has to be explicitly taught, even though it’s often not included in state standards. Whenever the new year begins, I’m always anxious to jump right into my standards. However, I would be doing a disservice to my students. There
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Does this sound familiar to you? You sit at your small group reading table during independent reading and scan your classroom. You see one student sitting quietly staring at their book. You notice that they’re not tracking anything. It’s almost like they’re sleep reading. You see another student “finish” five books in the 15 minutes they’ve
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During the school year it’s hard to find time to slow down and reflect on instruction and classroom management. Sometimes it feels like self-reflection is just a “bonus” activity or something that can be saved for last-if there’s time. However, self-reflection is a necessary part of the learning process. This is how we learn from
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This isn’t an easy blog post, or at least introduction, for me to write. But, I want to be completely transparent with you. I don’t want to pretend like everything is sunshine and roses in my little piece of the world, because it’s not. If you’ve already got a handle on all things distance learning
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I miss the presence of my students. I miss our physical interactions. I miss the sound of laughter and cheering over silly things. I can’t image how much our students miss their friends, their escape, their normal. Even though we’re not in our classrooms in a traditional sense, it’s more important than ever to nurture
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The past few days have turned our world upside down-professionally and personally. Up until now, I had everything related to Ashleigh’s Education Journey prepped and planned. I knew what I was going to blog about, what I’d share via email, what I wanted to present on Facebook Live, and what resources I wanted to create.
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I never, ever dreamed I’d write blog post on distance learning or remote teaching-much less have a need for it myself. But, here I am. It’s crazy that just last week I couldn’t wait for a break from school. Now I have one, and I’d so sad about it. It’s funny that you don’t totally
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