Math

<p>So it&#8217;s friday again. Here&#8217;s some highlights from my week. We&#8217;ve been working on number concept. Today we played blackout. It&#8217;s a game involving playing cards, bingo chips and 10 frames. The kids really enjoyed it. Please ignore my ratty duct tape &#8211; it&#8217;s in desperate need of replacing. We did some research on Canadian &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peek-at-last-week_20/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen

<p>I know, I know, it seems so sad to be discussing back to school already. Especially when for many of us, are only halfway through the summer break. I generally start my year with a unit on Graphing. I figure the kids have spent their summers thinking about anything except Math, and that they are &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/back-to-school-math-linky/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Easy, low-prep graphing unit that k

<p>I have updated and expanded a great product. This is a great unit for working on basic Math skills with a variety of primary aged children. CLICK HERE to get your own copy. Playing card games involve Math skills. This is obviously inherent in the fact that there are numbers printed &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/teaching-math-with-playing-cards/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Teaching Math with Playing Cards<

<p>I&#8217;m super excited to introduce my latest unit. Everything you need to teach about Chinese New Year. CLICK HERE to get your own copy . This is a comprehensive Social Studies Unit for Primary Students. Scroll down for detailed images of all the pages. This unit contains tons of activities and lessons which are not &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/chinese-new-year-everything-you-need/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Ch

<p>An essential step in learning is making connections. Cards, dice, and money provide connections to real life.Sometimes struggling learners wonder why they need to learn something because they can’t see the connection to their life outside of school.Cards, dice, and money are all thing which they might see in the real world; on TV, in &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/guest-posting-for-rachel-lynette-5/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-t

<p>&nbsp; Math Stations are an excellent part of any complete Math program.&nbsp; You can use math stations in a variety of ways in the classroom.&nbsp; Some teachers set aside a specific time for Math Stations, other use it for children who are early finishers of seat work. &nbsp;I like to use a combination of both.&nbsp; &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/math-on-mondays/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Math Their Way</span><

<p>Here&#8217;s another look back at my old series Math on Mondays. Today in British Columbia we are going back to work after a bitter and long teachers&#8217; strike. Today is the first day of school after 14 weeks off. I am sooooo excited to see my kidlets again. Now it&#8217;s time again for Math on &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/math-on-mondays-and-first-day-back/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Making Ten and a Fun

<p> This week I&#8217;d like to discuss Skip Counting. A good foundation in Skip Counting is very important. It helps with adding doubles, telling time, counting money, and of course, multiplication. So we sing skip counting songs every day during my Calendar routine. The calendar helper points with a pointer to a large Hundreds Chart, &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/math-on-mondays-skip-counting/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-

<p>10 frames are amazing, aren&#8217;t they??? I love how much it helps children organize their thoughts. 10 frames help children keep track of counting, see number relationships, learn addition to 10, and understand place value. Check out this video below to explain more about the value of 10 Frames. I use 10 frames that &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/math-on-mondays-cute-candy-corn-10/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about

<p>I love, love, love teaching primary math. It&#8217;s so much fun and there are so many fun games you can play with the kids. And the kids usually love these too. Before I start with today&#8217;s topic, I just wanted to give you a basic (very basic) overview of what the most important parts &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/math-on-mondays-2/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Junk Jobs</span></a></p>

<p>Here it is!!! My latest unit on Teachers Pay Teachers. Click here to download. This is a mini graphing unit. It&#8217;s good for early primary. I have used these lessons with children from grades K to 2. This unit is specifically designed to be for children in K to Third Grade. This unit &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/my-latest-unit-on-tpt/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about My Latest Unit on

<p>Introducing my latest unit on Teachers Pay Teachers. CLICK HERE to get it now!!! In this unit there&#8217;s centres activities with blackline masters for the children to record their work. This one&#8217;s about skip counting. This one&#8217;s about Fact Families This one&#8217;s about number sense. And this one&#8217;s all about Number formation. And this one &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/new-product-on-teachers-pay-teachers/" class="more-link">Read More

<p>I had great aspirations&#8230; Well, I had great hopes&#8230; Well, I started out with a fabulous idea, and just not enough time to finish it. Sometimes life just gets in the way right? With the tragic demise of my computer last week, I have been struggling to finish up this Easter Unit for you. I &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/hippity-hoppity-easter-fun/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Hippity Hoppity Easter Fun!</s

<p>Scroll down for the freebie, but if you&#8217;re interested, here&#8217;s a little update on our trip to California. We&#8217;re back from our vacation.&nbsp; I was a crazy lady and decided to travel to California with my 2 kids WITHOUT my hubby.&nbsp; My parents are down in Palm Springs for the winter, and usually we fly &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/freebie-friday/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Driving With Small Ch