Wordless Wednesday

So happy it's Wednesday! I am ready for the long weekend! I always forget how exhausting the beginning of school is! Here is my picture for today... go link up!

What kind of Class Constitution do you use?

 

Wordless Wed August 13th

Head over and link up!

Tonight was Meet the Teacher night! Can't believe school starts tomorrow! Met most of my kiddos and their parents! Hoping for a great year!

 

What is something you want parents to tell you about their student on this night?

 

Wordless Wednesday July 30th

Link Up!

Obsessed with these! Trying to incorporate more of them into my room!
This is a great free site for QR Codes.

What do you use QR codes for in your classroom?

 

B2S Linky & Wordless Wednesday!

Pop over to Miss D's and Miss V's to link up!

Today's topic is Assessment.

I was trying to decide what type or part of assessment I wanted to write about. I decided on something that I would like some ideas about!

Fact Mastery

How do you assess mastery of facts?

(Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication)

At my school we are really trying to focus on mastery of facts. Last year, I taught 5th grade. It was really difficult teaching equivalent fractions to students who had never mastered their multiplication facts. Rough! So I am really going to hit multiplication hard this year in 3rd. I'm sure I will also have to go back to addition and subtraction. (Pet Peeve: Solving simple problems like 5+4 by counting on your fingers ah! Especially in 5th grade!)

Here is a list of some thing that I do with facts in my room already

- Timed tests

- Around the world/flashcards

- Interactive Notebook entries

- Problem Solving prompts

- Math calendar (Love this, I need to write a post about this awesome product)

- And I just purchased this Multiplication Incentive program which looks awesome. I am going to try it out this year!

So questions:

How do you teach fact mastery?

Do you use timed tests?

Do you have any simple tricks to get more fact practice in during the day?

How do you assess and how often their fact mastery?

I am also linking up for Wordless Wednesday!

This is what I walked into yesterday. WHOA, this is what moving looks like. Check back for updates on my classroom decoration and organization!

Happy Wednesday!

Wordless Wednesday July 16th

Head over and link up with Miss DeCarbo!

HMM... Stayed tuned for the finished product!

(PS. My husband is doing all the construction! He hates when I get on Pinterest) 

What DIY projects are you working on?



New to Wordless Wednesday

I just saw this linky and decided to give it a go! It looks so fun! Head over to Sugar and Spice to join up!

Here is my picture for today. This is my sweet baby!

He has been trying to suck his thumb for going on 2 weeks!

He has finally gotten it into his mouth! Yay!

I am going to be so sad when I have to leave him to go back to work in August!

 

So excited to head to the lake for the 4th! What fun things are you doing for the 4th?