Big Ideas in Teaching
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Wichita, Kansas, United States
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Welcome! I’m a dedicated educator with 23 years of experience teaching second and third grade. My passion is creating rigorous, engaging, and effective resources that help students develop strong literacy and math skills. I believe in making learning meaningful through thoughtful instruction, hands-on activities, and research-based strategies. My goal is to support fellow teachers with high-quality resources that save time and make a big impact in the classroom. Thank you for visiting Big Ideas in Teaching—I hope you find materials that inspire great learning moments in your classroom!
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Numbers in Base 10 Number Talks Mental Math
A Number Talk is a short, ongoing daily routine that provides students with meaningful ongoing practice with computation. A Number Talk is a great way to help students develop computational fluency because the expectation is that they will use number relationships and the structures of numbers to add, subtract, multiply and divide. All you need is the Number Talk slide and a writing tool! You may print off the slide and put it under a document camera to fill out. You may also project the slide
2nd - 4th
Basic Operations, Mental Math, Place Value
CCSS
3.NBT.A.1
, 3.NBT.A.2
, 3.NBT.A.3
Two Step Problem Solving Activities
Teaching our students the method of multistep problem solving can be frustrating and exhausting! Make learning how to solve these complex math problems fun with the U.G.L.Y. method. You will need to model the UGLY method a few times until students completely understand the concept. There are essentially four easy steps.
Understand the Problem: Students will read the math problem and underline any important information.
Get a Strategy: There are many different strategies out there but I
2nd - 4th
Basic Operations, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
3.OA.D.8
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Welcome! I’m a dedicated educator with 23 years of experience teaching second and third grade. My passion is creating rigorous, engaging, and effective resources that help students develop strong literacy and math skills. I believe in making learning meaningful through thoughtful instruction, hands-on activities, and research-based strategies. My goal is to support fellow teachers with high-quality resources that save time and make a big impact in the classroom. Thank you for visiting Big Ideas in Teaching—I hope you find materials that inspire great learning moments in your classroom!
Teaching style
I give my students a hands on learning experience with a gradual release of control. I like to follow an "I do", "We do", "You do" approach to learning. Students share their knowledge with each other through lots of sharing and classroom discussions.
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