I've taught upper elementary for 22 years and love developing curriculum and activities that bridge the gap between research and theory with practical classroom implementation.
Make Area & Perimeter Practice Fun with 50 No-Prep Worksheets! Are you looking for engaging and easy-to-use area and perimeter activities? This 50-page printable set is perfect for reinforcing key geometry concepts in third, fourth, and fifth grade classrooms! Whether your students need extra practice or enrichment, these worksheets provide a variety of hands-on and skill-building activities to strengthen their understanding of area and perimeter—no prep required! Students love the area a
Keep Your Students on Track with This 4th Grade Spiral Math Review! Looking for a structured, year-long math review that reinforces key fourth-grade skills? This Spiral Math Review includes 33 worksheets designed to provide consistent practice in a progressive format. Whether you use it for bell work, homework, or math centers, this resource ensures your students retain essential math concepts all year long! Why Teachers Love This Resource ✅ Covers the Entire Year – Starts with a 3rd-g
Help Your Fourth Graders Master Place Value and Rounding with Confidence!Are your students struggling to grasp the concepts of place value and rounding? This comprehensive 4th Grade Place Value & Rounding Unit offers everything you need to build a strong mathematical foundation with four full weeks of structured instruction. Designed for busy teachers, this resource comes with detailed lesson plans, engaging activities, and performance tasks that help students deeply understand place value a
Grab this opportunity to build a strong foundation in multiplication with over 50 print-and-go activities that your students will look forward to!This resource is packed with engaging, hands-on practice for teaching multiplication through arrays, repeated addition, number lines, grouping models, and more. Whether you’re introducing multiplication for the first time or reteaching key concepts, this bundle offers a variety of formats to reach all learners. And the best part? There’s no prep requir
Make math practice exciting with these no-prep multiplication games — perfect for homework or math centers!This comprehensive resource includes 30 engaging, easy-to-use multiplication games that only require common household items. No expensive supplies, no complicated directions — just simple, fun ways for students to master their multiplication facts without even realizing they’re studying. Purpose and Benefits:This multiplication game set is designed to make fact practice something your stude
Grab this all-in-one K–5 math assessment pack to pinpoint exactly what your students know—and what they’re ready to learn next!Do you ever wonder whether your students have truly mastered last year’s math standards—or which concepts will be expected of them in the coming grade? This diagnostic math assessment resource is designed to help you answer that question with confidence. Whether you’re planning your year, forming math groups, or identifying learning gaps, this pack gives you the tools to
Bring Geometry to Life with Hands-On Activities and Interactive Lessons!Are you looking for a comprehensive geometry resource that makes learning fun and meaningful? This 3rd Grade Geometry Bundle is packed with hands-on activities, interactive games, and student-friendly materials that help students explore and understand geometric concepts. From identifying shapes to creating a Geometry Zoo, these engaging lessons will captivate your students while building their geometric vocabulary and reas
This Christmas Fraction Project blends academic rigor with seasonal excitement for unforgettable Christmas math activities. Through this Fractions Christmas project-based learning lesson, students help Santa and his elves build a magical Christmas Village—all while practicing critical fraction skills. Whether you’re working on coloring by fraction, equivalent fractions, or area and perimeter, this resource gives you options for differentiation and depth. The project is designed to be flexibl
Grab this Christmas Escape Room activity for a fun digital or no prep Christmas activity! 🎄If you’re searching for a low-prep, high-engagement way to celebrate the holidays while encouraging collaboration and critical thinking, this No Prep Christmas Escape Room (Print + Digital) is the perfect addition to your December lesson plans. Designed for classroom flexibility, this activity works with traditional lock-and-box sets or completely digitally via Google Forms—no physical materials requi
Master Fractions with This Comprehensive Hands-On Unit! Struggling to teach fractions in a way that truly sticks? This all-in-one fraction resource has everything you need to build conceptual understanding while keeping students engaged with hands-on activities and problem-solving tasks. From identifying fractions to comparing, ordering, and working with equivalent fractions, this unit provides structured lessons and ample practice for a well-rounded approach. Each activity reinforces key con
Give your students the fractions practice they need with this no-prep fraction worksheet bundle! This resource covers essential fraction concepts, including equal parts, unit fractions, comparing fractions, fractions on a number line, whole numbers, and equivalent fractions. Why You'll Love This Resource: ✔ No Prep Needed – Simply print and go! These worksheets save you time while providing engaging and meaningful practice. ✔ Comprehensive Coverage – Covers all key third-grade fraction co
Help your students to develop a conceptual understanding of rounding! Through these activities, students will develop an understanding of rounding and general number sense. This resource includes everything you need to teach rounding! Students will use engaging activities, hands-on lessons, and games to learn how to round to the nearest tens place and nearest hundred place. The detailed lesson plans are teacher friendly and written in an easy to follow format. This is perfect for any math clas
Build Word Problem Confidence with Identifying Operations in Word Problems Task Cards! Do your students struggle to figure out which operation to use when solving word problems? The Identifying Operations in Word Problems Task Cards are here to help! With 24 focused and easy-to-implement task cards, this resource is perfect for helping students learn how to analyze problem situations and determine whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide — a foundational skill for math success. Whether you
Are Your Students Truly Understanding Word Problems or Just Relying on Keywords? Many students struggle with word problems because they look for keywords instead of truly understanding the problem’s structure. This resource is designed to help students develop a deeper comprehension of word problems by categorizing them into different types for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. With engaging visuals, structured practice, and interactive activities, this resource will equip stu
This resource includes a variety of 3rd grade measurement worksheets, measurement activities, and math games designed to help students practice using a ruler, measuring to the nearest inch, and working with line plots. Students build confidence with hands-on measurement tasks while reviewing key third grade math standards. This measurement unit is packed with hands-on activities, structured worksheets, interactive games, graphic organizers, and assessments designed specifically for 3rd grade m
These math reference notes are the perfect addition to any math interactive notebook! There are two pages for every fifthth grade math concept. Best of all-they require NO PREP!These quick math notes contain a general overview or guide for all fifth grade math concepts. These entries and printables are not meant to replace students’ current interactive notebook foldables and activities. Instead, they are an addition or supplement to students’ interactive notebooks. I use the first page for each
This all-inclusive 4-week decimal unit is designed to provide a solid foundation in decimals through structured, hands-on, and engaging lessons. This resource helps students develop a deep conceptual understanding of decimals by connecting them to fractions, models, number lines, and comparisons. With 20 comprehensive lesson plans, performance tasks, skill-building worksheets, and engaging math activities, this unit ensures that students understand decimals with confidence—from the basics o
Your students will love their personal math word wall to help with third and fourth grade math concepts! This resource gives students a mini office or lapbook full of useful math help! Students can place the lapbook on their desk as they work on a variety of math concepts. What's Included?-Multiplication Chart -Place Value Chart -Multiplying by Ten Table -Forms of Numbers Example -Number Words (includes written version with digits) -Math Word Problem Color Coding -Measurement Conversions -Equiva
This product includes 36 multiplication and division word problems that come in a task card format. These word problems consist of one-digit numbers, so they would be great for students just learning their multiplication and division facts. These task cards would be a great math work station or math centers activity and are aligned to the Common Core Standards! Check out these other math task cards! Measurement Task CardsMulti-Step Word ProblemsChoose the Operation Sort and Word ProblemsCollege
Are your 3rd-grade students ready for multiplication and division mastery? This full-unit resource provides everything you need — from lesson plans and pacing guide to concrete, pictorial, and abstract representations of multiplication (arrays, repeated addition, grouping) and division (quotients, equal groups, word problems). With differentiated options for remediation and enrichment, students at all levels stay on target and grow their skills. This comprehensive multiplication and division uni
I've taught upper elementary for 22 years and love developing curriculum and activities that bridge the gap between research and theory with practical classroom implementation.
Teaching style
I create engaging yet rigorous lessons that inspire students to think critically and outside the box. I incorporate a variety of teaching strategies to meet the diverse needs of my students, as well as find that balance between conceptual understanding and basic skills.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teacher of the Year-2007, 2020
Unum Hall of Fame-2007
Grant Recipient for math manipulatives-2006
My own education history
BS in Elementary Education from Florida State
MA in Curriculum and Instruction
Ed.S. in Brain Research
Gifted Endorsement
Additional biographical information
Outside of teaching, developing curriculum, and blogging, I love spending time with my husband and two children. My daughter is six and my baby boy is growing up too fast.
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