Teaching SMART

Our students must know math facts to automaticity in order to meet math standards. Honor your students’ achievement with certificates when they have mastered addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division facts. These attractive certificates can be signed by you … and by your principal … and then presented to students! Print two certificates for a student—one to send home so parents can immediately recognize their child’s achievement and one to display on a motivational bulletin board t

Love this math assessment--for the beginning of the year and along the way to see how students are progressing! In the first weeks of school, it is valuable to have tools to quickly assess your students’ skills. The information I get from these math assessments informs my instructional planning and tells me which students are going to need more support right from the beginning! Use the Quick Math Assessment at the beginning of the year to quickly find out which math computation skills studen

Does it drive you crazy when a student says, “I’m finished with everything. What do I do now?” Here is the solution … and it is purposeful, standards-based, independent work! Standard practice formats can be the “go-to-activity” when students have finished other assigned work for the day. English Language Arts Standards are addressed in adopted core programs, however, students need more practice and continuous review throughout the year. Standard Practice is a collection of formats which

Does it drive you crazy when a student says, “I’m finished with everything. What do I do now?” Here is the solution … and it is purposeful, standards-based, independent work! Standard practice formats can be the “go-to-activity” when students have finished other assigned work for the day. English Language Arts Standards are addressed in adopted core programs, however, students need more practice and continuous review throughout the year. Standard Practice is a collection of formats which

Does it drive you crazy when a student says, “I’m finished with everything. What do I do now?” Here is the solution … and it is purposeful, standards-based, independent work! Standard practice formats can be the “go-to-activity” when students have finished other assigned work for the day. English Language Arts Standards are addressed in adopted core programs, however, students need more practice and continuous review throughout the year. Standard Practice is a collection of formats which

Alphabetical Order Templates© are an effective tool for independent, standards-based practice of alphabetizing skills in 1st through 4th grade. The templates are designed in three formats: for 12 words, for 18 words, and for 27 words. For each format there is a word sheet and a student form—students cut apart the words on the word sheet, arrange the words in alphabetical order, and then glue them to the student form. Once students learn how to use these templates, this independent activity can