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<p>This is what I tried with my class today. It&#8217;s super easy and terribly cute. You can find these free printables over at Krokotak.com It&#8217;s an adorable site. &nbsp;I highly recommend you take a lot around It&#8217;s in Hungarian, I believe, but you can translate the site to English. &nbsp; Just click on the British &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/cute-christmas-freebie/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Cute Chris

<p>I don&#8217;t usually post only about new products, but I&#8217;ve been so busy lately with new ideas buzzing around in my head.  Here&#8217;s my latest.  It&#8217;s a multi-leveled shape booklet which is so easy to prep and super motivating for the kids.  They really love shaped booklets.  This one comes in a Christmas Tree shape. &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/christmas-shape-booklet-fun-and-new/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-tex

<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>I&#8217;ve redone an oldie but a goodie. And now it&#8217;s waaaaayyyy cuter!   check it out HERE       Here&#8217;s more details about what you get. It&#8217;s perfect for children from K to 2. There&#8217;s three different levels which suits differentiated learning perfectly.  </p>

<p>    So today I&#8217;d like to explain how using many different types of manipulatives in the same situation can solidly reinforce the concept you are teaching.   I apologize for the amateur attempt at photoshopping the images below, but I think you&#8217;ll get my meaning from them.   Right now we are working on &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/math-on-mondays-number-concept-with/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Number Co

<p>  We are learning about birds in my classroom. I have a great new unit in my store about birds that we are working through  CLICK HERE  to check it out. Here&#8217;s a shot of my current bulletin board.   I apologize for the fuzzy picture.  There are some closeups below. We used the directions from &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/winter-cardinal-art-and-science-unit/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Winter Cardinal Art and

<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 it is, my latest product.   This is a Life Science Unit which incorporates the concepts behind the Knowledge Framework.  It&#8217;s an excellent way to build vocabulary and work on critical thinking skills.   CLICK HERE to get your own copy or scroll down for more details.   This is a Science unit about &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/cats-science-and-critical-thinking-unit/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Cats &#821

<p>I just thought I&#8217;d share some Remembrance Day art from the walls at school with you today! &nbsp;The bottom photo is done by a cute Kindergarten student. &nbsp;Her message really resonated with me, &#8220;Peace is when I look at the sun.&#8221; &nbsp;I hope you can all see the sun today! &nbsp; Thanks for stopping by &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/peace-is-when-i-look-at-sun/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Peace i

<p>  Here&#8217;s my latest unit &#8211; perfect for Remembrance Day or Veteran&#8217;s Day. I just added a few Poppy crafts &#8211; check these out.   CLICK HERE to get your own copy   And here&#8217;s a closeup of the rest of the unit.</p>

<p>Here&#8217;s a little peek of the artwork that I found around the hallways at my school this week. This is such an adorable activity and apparently, super easy and quick. I can&#8217;t wait to try it out next year. &nbsp;The teacher who did this activity found it on Pinterest. She hasn&#8217;t posted it up yet, &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/from-hallways/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about From the Hallways&#8230;</span></

<p>I have a new unit for sale. &nbsp;It&#8217;s a great unit for learning Science while building Critical Thinking skills. &nbsp;Check out the details in the image below!&nbsp; CLICK HERE to get your own copy. Thanks again for stopping by today.</p>

<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>Parents are the most important people in a child’s life.  Did you know that a Kindergarten Aged Child’s brain is not developed enough for them to feel proud of themselves, without some feedback from a parent?  That’s why you hear a lot of “Look at me Mommy!!!!” called out by children on a playground.  When &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/literacy-at-home-parents-are-most/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Literacy at Home:

<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>I&#8217;ve just added a super fun BACK TO SCHOOL activity. &nbsp; You can CLICK HERE or on the picture above to check out this adorable activity Camera&#8217;s are all the rage in the papercrafting world, so I thought I&#8217;d design a tutorial to make a cute paper camera like so. My 6 year old daughter &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/back-to-school-sale-3/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Back to School!!!!!!</span></a><

<p>I started thinking about my job the other day.  I know it’s summer holidays but I am a teacher, after all, and we never really stop thinking about our jobs.  What started me thinking about all the stories I have to share was when this photo showed up in my facebook feed today.   It &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/bullied-enough/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Bullied Enough!?!?</span></a></p>

<p>I was looking through pinterest the other day and came across a simple, punch art card with a little girl, paper doll on the cover, and I thought, I wonder if I can turn that into a craftivity. &nbsp;Well after a lot of tweaking, I did! &nbsp;Then I decided that to make this more interesting, &#8230; <a href="https://savvyteachingtips.net/fathers-day-language-arts-and-craftivity/" class="more-link">Read More <span class="screen-reader-text">about Father&#8217;s Day Langua