We've begun double digit multiplication!  I wanted a way to do an anchor chart with all the different strategies we'll be using, but I didn't want to reveal them all at once - talk about overwhelming! I decided to go with butcher paper for this chart and wrote out all the strategies across the top.  As I teach each strategy,...

So how many times have you made a PowerPoint using cute fonts and when your send it to a different computer it looks like this: YUCK! Here's a video tutorial on how to embed your fonts so that it looks nice no matter what computer you send it to. ...

So excited about my room this year! Better pics coming soon!  You can see my classroom pics in this post. ...

Got back in my classroom again!  And this time I brought my husband and some spray paint. I got the rest of my library bins on Monday and have been hard at work organizing them.  Once I stepped back and looked at them, I loved the colors, but wasn't in love with the chipping/peeling eyesore that was my bookshelf.  My...

I got back in my room again today!  I wanted to get a couple more of my boards put together.  I wanted to share a couple of handy tricks that I use to help me. One thing I do is use push pins to set up my pieces before I staple them down.  That way I can move them around easily and make sure I've got everything lined up...

If you live in Florida, you know that our state has withdrawn from Common Core.  Our new standards, the MAFS, are very similar though.  It still leaves me with the task of creating a few new things for my classroom.  MAFS goes a little more in depth with rounding than CCSS does, so I put together this little pack. I just...

My classroom is my happy place.  Math is my happy place.  This board makes me unbelievably HAPPY!!! It started off plain... I added some pizazz with a tissue paper pom and some bunting... The bunting I cut out from this paper pack I got from Michaels for $2.50!   Then I set up my headings.  I...