Concerning Learning

I wrote this rhyme to help second and third-graders memorize their doubles facts. While they often could double 1-5 with ease, they tended to get mixed up with the products of 6, 7, 8 and 9 when multiplied by two. After "singing" this enough times, I could hear my students whispering the lines to themselves when doing computations! Eventually, as with anything that we memorize, they needed to refer to the rhyme less and less, and eventually it was committed to memory. I recommend writing it out

It's 2014 -- so it's time to help our students think about making positive changes! This New Year's Resolutions worksheet has prompts that allow students to think about the positive steps they can take this year in various areas of their lives (socially, academically, environmentally, etc.).

It's 2014 -- so it's time to help our students think about making positive changes! This New Year's Resolutions worksheet has prompts that allow students to think about the positive steps they can take this year in various areas of their lives (socially, academically, environmentally, etc.).