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The Great Snow Rescue Competition: A Winter PBL Activity

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Do your students love PBL? My latest project provides them with a fun, real-world challenge and a lot of great math practice. This winter, there's no time to chill! A massive snowstorm has put the town's winter plans on ice. Mayor Evergreen needs the help of your students to unbury the residents. … [Read more...]

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Virtual First Day Back to School: Lesson Plans and Activities

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If you're looking for help with a virtual first day back to school, you've come to the right place. It's a pretty safe bet that most teachers will have to do some form of online teaching this year. Most states are creating their back-to-school plans with an emphasis on three different models for … [Read more...]

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Halloween Math Project

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I'm here to share a fun Halloween math project that you can do with your students in the days or weeks leading up to Halloween (or even on the day of your Halloween party). So put on your coolest costume and hit all the houses, because it's time for The Great Halloween Candy Competition! The … [Read more...]

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Create Your Own Dog Business Math Project

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A fun math project always gets students excited. They get to connect the math they are learning in class to the real world. Best of all, these projects can also show students how math helps them better understand and describe the world around them. There is a real-world application for almost … [Read more...]

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A Fun Test Prep Idea

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Are you looking for a fun test prep idea for 4th and 5th grade math? Switch things up with a Tic-Tac-Toe relay race during your test prep or testing time. You can use my Color by Number for Big Kids resource that I have for both 4th grade and 5th grade or any set of task cards to play this fun … [Read more...]

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Test Prep Coloring Pages: Encouragement and Motivation for Test Time

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During test prep and test time, our students could use a little encouragement and motivation. This time can be so stressful for students and teachers. I've found that coloring pages with motivational quotes can really help students during the testing season. To ease the stress, I've created these … [Read more...]

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The Benefits of Project-Based Learning

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Why is Project-Based Learning Important? As educators, we all know that having students passively learn facts and information and then regurgitating those facts for a test or quiz is not sufficient. It does not prepare our students for the real world. Instead, we need to allow our students … [Read more...]

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How to Sharpen Your Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

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For the most part, reasoning, deducing, inferring, and critical thinking are not skills that come naturally to our students. Rather, they must be nurtured and developed. We want our students to become critical thinkers so they can reason and apply logic to solve novel problems throughout their … [Read more...]

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How to Completely Transform Your Teaching with Exit Tickets

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Whether they're completed on a piece of paper, a tablet, or a whiteboard, exit tickets are a powerful tool to use in your classroom.   What are Exit Tickets? Exit tickets are formative assessments that provide information about your students' learning and understanding of a topic faster … [Read more...]

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Teaching Differentiated Area in Math: Ideas to Make Practicing Area Fun

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I'm here to sare some ideas to help you differentiate when teaching area. Each year, I find that many of my students struggle to grasp the concept of area. Even though it is a standard that should be mastered in lower grades, most of my students still don't have a proficient understanding of this … [Read more...]

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Kristine Nannini

I am an elementary school teacher, curriculum writer, educational blogger, and founder of Young Teacher Love. I love bringing excitement and innovation to education. Welcome! I’m so glad you found my classroom!

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I am an elementary school teacher, curriculum writer, educational blogger, and founder of Young Teacher Love. I love bringing excitement and innovation to education. Welcome! I’m so glad you found my classroom!

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