Rational expressions is the very last unit that I used to teach after the state assessment in June. It was a great unit because it tied together so many concepts taught throughout the year. And, any time you can insert more practice with factoring is a win! The first few
There are certain topics that some students REALLY struggle with, and for me, that was absolute value inequalities. I tried teaching my students the standard method of setting up greater than or greater than or equal to as “or” problems and less than or less than or equal problems as “and” problems,
This is the fifth post in a series I created called “Spicing up the Secondary Classroom.” The focus of this post is my very popular Math Libs! But these Math Libs are very different than the sweet ones you find here on KidCourses. They are designed for upper level students (grades
Ever notice that the internet is flooded with elementary math ideas, but that finding quality secondary materials is virtually impossible…. LOOK NO FURTHER! I’d love to introduce you to the Secondary Mathletes! Live.Love.Math – Danielle Krantz (Grades 5 – 9) TpT Store / Blog / Facebook Lindsay Perro (Grades 6 – 9) TpT Store / Blog / Facebook
My name is Nicole Chavanne and I am a 5th grade special education teacher in an inclusion classroom. I also run a store on Teachers Pay Teachers and a teacher blog. As a special education teacher, I work with a lot of kiddos with tracking issues that impact their reading,
Who doesn’t love the holidays AND freebies? Now that Thanksgiving is over and there are just a few short weeks left before winter break, keeping students engaged can be a giant struggle. I’ve found that short stations or centers activities really work well to keep students on-task and learning because of
My name is Nicole Chavanne and I am a 5th grade special education teacher in an inclusion classroom. I also run a store on Teachers Pay Teachers and a teacher blog. As a special education teacher, I am always working with groups with varying needs. I set out to create a
This is the third post in a series I created called “Spicing up the Secondary Classroom.” The focus of this post is a task card activity I created called “Triples.” I am a huge fan of task cards because they are so versatile and really help divide up the material for the