Fun Spring Activities Your Students Will Love
Spring is equal parts sunshine and squirrels. These activities lean into the energy instead of fighting it, and they still cover real standards. Plant a measurement garden. Students plant seeds, then measure and graph growth for three weeks. Science, math, and a windowsill full of hope. Take math outside. Perimeter with sidewalk chalk, area with hula hoops, […]
How to Support Struggling Students
As a math interventionist I met hundreds of students who had already decided they were ‘bad at math.’ Almost none of them were. What they needed was a smaller entry point and an adult who believed the door would open. Find the last place it made sense. Back up until the student is confident, then move […]
Simple Organization Ideas That Save You Time
Organization isn’t about a color-coordinated classroom — it’s about not spending your prep period looking for the glue sticks. These are the systems that have actually survived in my room year after year. Label everything a student needs to find. If a child can return an item without asking you, you’ve bought yourself back several minutes […]
5 Engaging Ways to Build Math Fluency
Fluency isn’t about speed — it’s about flexibility. When students truly understand how numbers come apart and go back together, the facts start to stick. Here are five routines I’ve used in second through fourth grade that build that flexibility without worksheets every day. 1. Start with a five-minute number talk. Put one problem on the […]