Jennifer Van Blair is a current third grade teacher. She has taught 3 - 5 grade for 13 years, and has experience with combination based classrooms. She has a Master's in Educational Leadership and a background in natural sciences and outdoor education.
Want to give your students handy notes for adding three digit numbers? Help your students, and their parents with these guided notes that cover standard 3.NBT.2: Adding Three Digit Numbers. Place them in a student binder, or use in a math notebook. Fits notebooks sizes:- 8.5 x 11" spiral notebooks and binders - smaller notebooks and composition books (includes instructions on how to shrink) STANDARDS:Number & Operations in Base Ten: Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and a
What are some handy strategies for rounding to the nearest tens? Help your students, and their parents with these guided notes that cover standard 3.NBT.1: Rounding to the nearest TENS. Place them in a student binder, or use in a math notebook. Fits notebooks sizes:- 8.5 x 11" spiral notebooks and binders - smaller notebooks and composition books (includes instructions on how to shrink) STANDARDS:Number & Operations in Base Ten: Use place value understanding to round to the nearest tens.
Jennifer Van Blair is a current third grade teacher. She has taught 3 - 5 grade for 13 years, and has experience with combination based classrooms. She has a Master's in Educational Leadership and a background in natural sciences and outdoor education.
Teaching style
She enjoys using hands-on learning with regular use of manipulatives, visual learning, models, and student-led exploration. She is inspired by the work of Peter Liljedahl, Jo Boaler, and Carol Dweck.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Contributor to Byrdseed TV creating lessons for GATE classrooms.
My own education history
UC Santa Cruz - Environmental Science and Education
San Jose State - Elementary Education Credential
Upper Iowa University - Masters in Teacher Leadership