School and the City

We are almost at our finish line - the last week of school! Over the past few years I've tried to be more intentional when it comes to planning for the last week of school. Here's a quick roundup of all of my favorite ideas. These ideas were all used with my former third grade students, but could definitely work for surrounding grade levels too! Engage your students in these fun activities - and still have time to work on packing up your classroom while students are lost in independent learning! Art Day Like many teachers, I love having themed days during the last week of school. Art day is absolutely, hands down my favorite! It's so much fun and full of cross-curricular activities that you and your students will love. Read more about Art Day here . Movie Day This theme is popular for the last day of school, however, I've found that most students don't have the ability (or desire) to sit quietly and watch movies all d...

This year, I'm working as a math interventionist. I love teaching math all day long and getting to work with different grade levels. Throughout the years, I've developed favorites, of course. If I had to pick my top five must-have supplies for teaching math, these would be them. You can find all of these on Amazon for easy shopping! Double Dice Double dice are perfect for math facts: find the sum, find the difference, or find the product! These make great gifts for students, too. They love the novelty and always promise they will practice their math facts - ha! I have these 10-sided dice in dice . My kids love them - even those in the upper elementary grades! The same company also makes 6-sided dice in dice and jumbo dice in dice . Magnetic Base Ten Blocks I taught way too long without magnetic base ten blocks . Now I can't imagine teaching math without them! Base ten blocks have always been a must-have for me, but magnets are a gam...