I'm ending my 12th year of teaching! Eleven of those years have been teaching 1st grade and one year was teaching 2nd grade.
I'm going back to 2nd grade next year:)
I use this grid to give clues on how to find specific numbers. You can make the clues as easy or as hard as you want.
Clue Examples: 1 ten and 5 ones, 3 doubled, 10 + 10 + 10, 1 less than 38, 10 more than 56, 10 less than 49, etc.
I find a mystery picture online (usually) or create my own on a 120 chart first (you can use a 100s chart). Then I create my own clues. You can differentiate for your class also by making different clue sheets of different levels. I've included an example of one I ma
I'm ending my 12th year of teaching! Eleven of those years have been teaching 1st grade and one year was teaching 2nd grade.
I'm going back to 2nd grade next year:)
Teaching style
I use the Promethean regularly. I also am a firm believer in the children working together to come up w/solutions. I enjoy learning about new ways of teaching/delivering and finding how I can incorporate my own style w/them.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teacher of the Year 06/07
My own education history
Masters Degree in Educational Leadership w/Technology Concentration
Additional biographical information
I create Promethean flipcharts for my grade level for the county.
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