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When Am I Ever Going to Use This?

February 10, 2015 by Eileen

image of a girl thinking when am I ever going to use this?

  If your child hasn’t asked this question yet, he will. You probably asked it yourself many times while you were in school. And it is a valid question. I don’t know many adults who do long division without a calculator or go through the newspaper underlining subjects once and predicates twice. But consider how many […]

Filed Under: Successful Learning Tagged With: communication, English, knowledge, language arts, math, skills, truth

QR Codes® for Early Finishers

August 14, 2014 by Mrs. D

Image of a QR code next to a card with a word problem.

Since I began this technology journey, I have tried a lot of ideas in my classroom. Some have been successful, some not. Along the way, I haven’t felt anxious or afraid of trying something. I am always excited about trying out a new idea—until I hit QR Codes®. I’m not sure what is it about […]

Filed Under: Group Learning Tagged With: Christian school, homeschool, math, technology

Hands-On Geometry

May 5, 2014 by Mrs. D

image of a toothpick and marshmallow pentagon

We have two geometry chapters in our third-grade math curriculum. The first one focuses on lines, line segments, rays, angles, and so on. The second covers polygons and solid figures. While teaching the first chapter, I had the children use the Educreations Interactive Whiteboard app during the lesson. This way each time we discussed a […]

Filed Under: Group Learning Tagged With: Christian school, geometry, homeschool, math, technology

Area Scavenger Hunt

April 10, 2014 by Mrs. D

image of tablet with lines calculating its square area

I’m always looking for great ways to get the kids up and about while learning. Recently I came across a blogpost on Third Grade Galore about  how to do an area scavenger hunt. I had the students take photos of square or rectangle shapes in the classroom using the iPads®. Next, they imported the photos into […]

Filed Under: Group Learning Tagged With: Christian school, homeschool, math, technology

Beat the Principal

April 4, 2014 by Mrs. D

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We all know how important the mastery of math facts is in the lower grades. This year, I have tried using more technology to motivate my students. In addition to using the web-based XtraMath program, I have all kinds of math apps on our iPads® for practice. One of our new favorites is the Enjoy […]

Filed Under: Group Learning Tagged With: Christian school, math, technology

Look Who’s Poppin’ Facts

February 11, 2014 by Mrs. D

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Every year when the math coordinators meet, the main concern from grade level to grade level is that the students have not properly mastered their math facts. In third grade, we try to encourage improvement of math fact speed through our “Look Who’s Poppin’ Facts” math contest. The great thing about this contest is that each […]

Filed Under: Group Learning Tagged With: Christian school, math

And the Darkness Came After the Rain

August 22, 2013 by Mrs. D

Almost everyone looks forward to the first day of school. Kids have all their new supplies. Usually they also have new outfits waiting to be worn. Lunchboxes are packed, and backpacks are ready. Then the first day arrives. We had the usual exciting first day. It rained. Thankfully, all the students had a great attitude […]

Filed Under: Group Learning Tagged With: addition, Christian school, educreations, math

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