Getting ready for January
Each year seems to go faster and faster. This year, I have been working hard to have some January materials up and ready when break is over. I finished up my New Year's activities before break, and...
View ArticleShhh! It's a secret :)
I love Mr. Popper's Penguins. I think it is a great book for critical thinking, vocabulary, and just a fun book to read. Each year, I have my students research where Stillwater might be (looking up...
View ArticleMakeover Time!
So it has been a couple years since I have redone the blog. Since I am back in action and spending more time blogging and working on my TpT store, I have decided it was time to give the ol' blog a new...
View ArticleGroundhog Day Craftivity
Spring is in the air...or maybe it is just my wishful thinking. Regardless, soon it will be Groundhog Day again, and with it comes February. When I taught on in New York, this meant a week off of...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Sunday is Coming!
Being a Wisconsin girl, I grew up rooting for the Packers. Many Sundays were spent rooting for Brett Favre and the Pack while enjoying some delicious cheese curds (Yep, we fit the stereotype at my...
View ArticleSuper Sunday Sale!
Pop over to my TpT Store by clicking here to get some great deals! Sale ends Monday, February 4th.
View ArticleFreebie Alert! It's contest time!
Did someone say free? That's right! One lucky Facebook follower of The Third Wheel will win $10 worth of free items from my TpT store. If you haven't become a friend, now is the time! Who doesn't want...
View ArticleCan you feel the love?
Happy early Valentine's Day! This year I am trying something new for Valentine's Day. Every year tends to be the same V-day Bingo, and I am ready for a change. Plus, it is a chance to be a little more...
View ArticlePlace Value Freebie!
Today I went to a great training on math strategies. The presenter got me thinking about the important things we can learn from sort and match activities. I know a lot of people are moving away from...
View ArticleMore problem solving, please...
I am not sure about everyone else, but problem solving is the bane of my existence. As the problems have gotten more complex (seriously, I think third graders today are doing the work of sixth graders...
View ArticleArea & Perimeter Freebie! (Link Fixed)
I love area and perimeter. There are so many hands-on applications that help students understand the importance of knowing these skills, but I also find that the students have a hard time...
View ArticleCelebrating Black History Month
February is a month full of holidays. Why we decided to shove them all into the shortest month, I will never know. The upside is that February becomes full of fun learning activities...which is much...
View Article5 Easy Management Tips to Help Spring Fever
Today was a great day. As part of some work I am doing, I got to go and observe some after-school tutoring sessions led by teachers in my district. There is just something about the energy of a school...
View ArticleFriday Freebie Fun with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
I love trifolds. I use them for so many novel studies I do in class. They are easy, don't use tons of paper, and (best of all) the students think they are fun! That being said, today's freebie is a...
View ArticleSaturday night geometry freebie for my fabulous followers
Tonight I finished up a new set of common core aligned differentiated "I have, Who has" games. The set includes two games, one that uses the visual images of 2D and 3D shapes and requires students to...
View ArticleSight Word Sort & Graph Freebie
There are so many things to teach and review that it never seems to fit into a school year...let alone the things I need to achieve daily. As a result, I always find myself scrambling as the April...
View ArticleFinding math fact fluency with a freebie!
With the increased standards and push toward testing, it is easy to forget the importance of fact fluency. Sure, we know that our students should KNOW their facts. Many of us assign fact practice for...
View ArticleSpotlight Saturday! Welcome Jeanette Hiles from Third Grade Galore
Happy Saturday! Its been quite the week here at my house with the stomach bug that seems ubiquitous finally catching up to my little bean. Unfortunately, we spent most of our Saturday in the ER, but...
View ArticleSunday Fun Day FREEBIE: Reading Fluency Made Fun
As we all know, reading fluency is a challenge many students face. Similar to the point I made about math fact fluency here, if a student is using all their mental resources decoding words and doing...
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