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How Do You Teach Decimals to a Fifth Grader?

How do you teach decimals to a fifth grader? With so many different teaching and learning styles, endless activities, and thousands of math programs and worksheets to choose from is there really one right way? Making Math Meaningful Connecting what students already know  – in math or in life –

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BOOM CARDS in the Elementary Classroom

Using Boom Cards in the elementary classroom is a no-brainer! Are you looking for a way to quickly gauge where your students are in the learning process without having to correct 30 more worksheets? Boom Cards are the perfect way to see who is grasping a concept and who needs

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Christmas activities for math classroom
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Christmas in the Math Classroom

Christmas in the math classroom can be fun and productive. BUT – we all know that the holiday season is full of joy, laughter, celebration, and….antsy kids in the classroom. The excitement is hard to contain – it IS the most magical time of year, after all. So, let’s just

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3 Ways to Make Math More Exciting

Do you want to make math class more enjoyable? Grab my tic-tac-math FREEBIE while you are here and you can use it right away in your math class. I LOVE math. It is my absolute favorite topic to teach. But…I know that is not everyone’s idea of a good time.

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