First, thanks to Tara at Fourth Grade Frolics for her Made It Monday Linkup! Full disclosure. I hate bulletin boards. There, I said it. I know that’s blasphemous in a Link up with super creative, crafty types like yourself. But, please, before you judge me, let me explain. When I first started teaching I had […]
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I’ve always thought that place value concepts separated students who really “got” math and those that didn’t. Unlike learning algorithms for multiplication or long division which can just be memorized, place value really tests a child’s basic understandings about the meanings of numbers. And while I haven’t used one in about 8 years, in every
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Hello teacher friends out there,First, thanks to Farley at Oh Boy 4th Grade for the Link Up. I’ve been listening to the new U2 album a lot this week. It got a lot of attention in the news because U2 did something really unique with their album release and for some reason this received a
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