I love all the fun you can have with all the Halloween goodies at the Dollar Store and Target.  I wanted to share three activities that I used with my third graders over the past few days in math centers.  The printables to use with these activities are free to print and links are included. […]

I know, I know…  most of us have not had the 1st day of school and I want to talk about the 50th day…  Sorry – but chances are on the 50th day I will be too busy to write this post and I want to share my resources with you before the big TPT […]

I can’t imagine teaching without a teacher recharge.  When I say recharge I mean some time off from the students to reflect and plan and get ready for a new year.  I also mean being with people who share the passion of the job of educating little minds as much as I do.  I really could […]

This is my second year teaching third grade in PA.  So, this is my second year of getting third graders ready to take the PSSA’s.  In my state this is the first time that students are exposed to the state tests.  I want it to be a positive experience for them.  I wanted to share […]

Fractions are a really hard concepts for my third graders…  but with the few tricks I have up my sleeve, they are  all proficient in the area of third grade fraction standards after teaching this topic.  In this post I am sharing some materials, videos, and printables that I find necessary when teaching fractions to […]

Students need lots of practice determining which kinds of stories are multiplication and which kind of story problems can be solved with division. My third graders struggle with knowing the difference between a multiplication story and a division story. This craftivity is perfect practice of writing multiplication and division stories using fact families.   I used […]

Check out the free download from my friend Emily in this post… I feel so blessed that last year I joined such a great group of seven third grade teachers who work so well together.  You never feel alone in this team and we all divide up tasks to help make all of our students […]

My first summer post of hopefully many…  I want the next few posts to be super resources for you…  especially if you teach third grade.  I plan to share with you some of the things I learned and used successfully this year and will  continue to use in the new school year.  For this post, […]