Happy Holidays from my kids and a giant orangutan! In Houston, the day after Christmas is the perfect weather to visit the zoo. Sixty five degrees and sunny! 😎 The orangutan’s name is Rudi according to the sign and he scooped up his dinner of boiled eggs and fruit to come sit right next to the glass! 🦧
I saw this beautiful mural on a neighborhood library on my way back from a training for work in Houston. Isn’t it gorgeous!?!
Fall is a fun time of the year. Middle school students can get a little wild during Halloween 🎃 and right before the Thanksgiving break 🦃. Providing some fun but educational activities can really help to keep them on track! This fall candy corn activity pack is all about order of operations with positive rational numbers! ✏️🖍
Flash FREEBIE! This new sort of Halloween-y 🍂, not-so-scary decimal place value review is FREE only until October 1st for my followers 😳. It is a 100% digital 💻 activity where students get to BUILD MONSTERS!!!
Prime factorization is a piece of 🍰🎂! Well it can be tricky for some kids, but practicing it is fun with this resource. #6thgradeteacher #teachingmath
I can statements and a student learning checklist make organizing your student notebooks and getting your students to INTERACT with their interactive notebooks easy! #interactivenotebooks
All the #placevalue for the 4th grade TEKS! I ❤️interactive notebooks 📓 and guided math. These are perfect for both!
If you’re an email subscriber, you just got a #free template to print your own sticky note base 10 manipulative! Check out my website for some #placevalue tips and resources.
TEKS data analysis ISN for 4th grade math! . . . . . #growingmath #dataanalysis #iteachfourth #teacherspayteachers
Loving these models to represent decimals! #comparingdecimals #decimals #iteachfourth
I ❤️using balance scales to show comparing numbers. . . . . . #growingmath #teacherspayteachers #placevalue #4thgradeteacher #fourthgrademath #iteach345 #iteachfourth #mathteacher #teks #texasmathteacher
TEKS Alert! 4th grade teachers, this interactive set of notes, practice, and assessment makes teaching comparing and ordering decimals with models fun and easy! Check out the place value link in my bio. . . . . . #mathteacher #iteach4th #teacherspayteachers #growingmath #teks #fourthgrademath
How many ways can your students compare and order whole numbers? #teachingmath #placevalue #teacherspayteachers #growingmath #fourthgradeteacher #iteachfourth #fourthgrademath
So colorful and organized 😍. These are created specifically for 5th grade Texas teachers and they are FREE. See the link in my bio to find your copy. #teachingmath #teks #growingmath #free #teachersofinstagram #iteachfifth #fifthgrademath
I ❤️ this new place value anchor chart idea. It’s easy to make but so helpful for students to visualize the difference in scale between each place value! #placevalue #iteach456 #mathteacher #growingmath #fifthgrademath #fourthgrademath #free #teachersofinstagram
When you teach, you end up saying things you never thought you would need to tell another human. Happy Friday-eve! . . . . . #growingmath #iteach456 #teaching #fifthgradeteacher #sixthgradeteacher
How do you teach rounding? Do you use an algorithm? A rhyme? A number line? All of the above? 😜 . . . . . #placevalue #teachingmath #iteachfourth #fourthgrade #fourthgrademath #fourthgradeteacher #growingmath #teacherspayteachers
TEKS aligned data analysis for 4th graders is ready and loaded! Check it out in my Teachers Pay Teachers store (link in bio) along with other fun and easy to implement interactive math notebooks! . . . . . #teacherspayteachers #teks #growingmath #iteachfourth #teachingmath #fourthgrade
FREE TEKS aligned notebook organization set for 5th grade math. The link is in my bio. . . . . . #teachingmath #teks #freebies #teacherfreebies #growingmath #iteach5th #teachersofinstagram #fifthgradeteacher
When do you start teaching algebra? Representing algebraic expressions is a big part of the 6th grade TEKS! . . . . . #teachingmath #algebra #6thgradeteacher #6thgrade #growingmath
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