I FINALLY finished the Fraction Edition of my Interactive Math Notebooks. Just in time, too!! I'm heading back to work tomorrow to start preparing for the upcoming school year.The Fraction Edition is the longest, with 11 double-page spreads, covering the 7 fraction standards...Equivalent Fractions...Comparing Fractions...Decomposing Fractions...Adding and Subtracting Fractions...Fractions with Denominators of 10 & 100 Plus, much more!!!Visit my TpT Store for more info and to preview ... [Read More]

I finally finished the 4th Edition of my Interactive Math Notebooks. This latest edition covers common core standards from the Measurement and Data domain...Check it out...Conversions...Measurement Word Problems... Measuring and Sketching Angles... Using Line Plots to Solve Word Problems...And more...Visit my TpT store for more info and to preview other pages!You can also check out my Notebook Pages for "Number & Operations in Base Ten",  "Operations ... [Read More]

My family and I took a quick vacation down to San Diego and spent some time at Sea World and Lego Land! Now that I'm back, I'm racing against the clock to finish my Interactive Math Notebooks before I have to go back to work to start preparing for the year. I just finished my 3rd Edition... Geometry!!!In 4th grade there are only 3 geometry standards. But, I broke a couple of them up in order to thoroughly address each.Take a look...Points, Lines, Line Segments, and ... [Read More]

I just completed the 2nd edition of my Interactive Math Notebook for 4th grade. This edition focuses on the common core standards related to "Operations and Algebraic Thinking".I love how this 2nd edition turned out...Multi-Step Word Problems...Multiples...Factors...Prime and Composite Numbers...Number & Shape Patterns...Visit my TpT store for more info and to preview other pages!You can also check out my Notebook Pages for "Number & Operations in Base Ten" ... [Read More]

It seems that everywhere I look, teachers are posting or pinning ideas for Interactive Notebooks. While I have found so many wonderful ideas and teacher-made products to implement a language arts interactive notebook, I really wasn't able to find anything that I thought would meet my needs for teaching the common core math standards. So, I decided to do what I always do when I can't find what I'm looking for...I created my own!I created my Interactive Math Notebook based on the 4th grade common ... [Read More]

It's been several months since my last blog post. But, no excuses! Just happy to share again... We just started really getting into non-fiction in my class. Although my students have been exposed to non-fiction texts all year, I am now on a mission to make them "Non-Fiction Know-It-Alls"! My district will be adopting the Common Core standards next year. However, I'm trying to get a jump start with the new standards. I am working on different ways to expose my kiddos to non-fiction texts. We ... [Read More]

I can't believe how busy I have been since the school year started! I don't know if my life has ever been this busy. I'm not sure if it's my very active and feisty 7-month-old -or- all of the changes I have made in my teaching -or- maybe a combo of both. Either way, I have been so busy that I have only posted twice since the school year began. Then suddenly tonight I find myself sitting here in front of my computer with 2 sleeping kiddos and no planning or grading to do. While my husband ... [Read More]