This Common Core math stuff is killlllllling me! Does anyone else have parents constantly calling saying they don't understand the math and want you to explain it to them? So now, not only am I teaching the students, but I'm teaching the parents too! Ughhhhh! It has got to get easier at some point..... right??
We have moved onto multiplying bigger numbers and teaching the different strategies and it is going ok, but I decided to do a review of some place value on Friday and YIKES! Half of my students don't remember how to compare place values. So I created some task cards that we will be working on this coming week. They are up in my TpT for free for the next few hours. Feel free to snatch them up now :) If you download them, I would love for you to leave me some feedback on TpT. Thanks!
The only piece of advice I can give is...I'm not sending the math home. I am doing a two hour math block in order to give enough time for whole group instruction, breaking into groups and provide a center for extra practice that I would normally send home for homework. This is the 2nd year that I don't assign homework and it really seems to work.
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