As an Intervention Specialist, I understand the importance of assessing my students on an ongoing basis. It can be overwhelming at the beginning of a school year to assess all of my students. I have [more]

Whew, is it ever a scorcher in Ohio today. I've been keeping cool staying in the A/C working on my British literature homework (Beowulf, anyone?) and browsing Facebook. My last foray into Facebook land left [more]

Pencil Wars

You know, when I was an undergrad dreaming of making a difference in the classroom, I had no idea that a simple school supply could make such an impact in the classroom. Seriously. No idea. [more]

Simple & Quick Technique for Improving Student Focus and Attention

$Simple & Quick Technique for Improving Student Focus and Attention$ This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click on an Amazon link and make a purchase, I get a kickback. It has been a whirlwind since school started this year. I am so glad to [more]

It's Currently August 2015

**Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.** Oh, man, I can't believe it's August already! I feel like wailing! Summer always go by too fast. Here is August's Currently (from Farley at Oh' Boy 4th Grade): I'm still [more]

Reading Fluency and Comprehension Progress

I am so crazy proud of my students! They have made an enormous amount of progress this year. After having a bad day yesterday, I needed to see these results. In Ohio, teachers have to [more]

Math Strategy: Large Problems with Small Numbers

$Math Strategy: Large Problems with Small Numbers$ Who has students struggling with the algorithms required in basic math operations? That get confused with what direction to go and what step is next? I have a math strategy that just might help! When I [more]

Motivating Struggling Readers

Have you ever read a book that redefined how you taught? A few years ago I read "The Book Whisperer" by Donalyn Miller and have wanted to put some of her ideas into practice with [more]

Line Start Spot - A Lining Up Bright Idea

Okay. This bright idea is a quick tip to use when having kids line up. I get irritated when kids are lined up and someone is trying to enter or leave the classroom, when kids are sticking [more]

Free Valentine's Digital Paper...in January?!

I've been procrastinating working on some digital papers for Valentine's Day and thought I'd give you a sneak peek. I'm supposed to be working on second nine weeks progress reports, but wanted to do something [more]

It's Currently January!

Oh my word. I can't believe it has been so long since I've blogged. Its been so long that I had to reset my password! Yikes! I thought a good jumpstart would be to link [more]

Tech Tips for Basic Facts

$Tech Tips for Basic Facts$ Welcome to the "Just the Math Facts" blog hop! I sincerely hope you find something helpful for teaching basic math facts on this hop. :) Do you remember how you learned your math facts? As I [more]

Kids' DIY Multiplication Charts

It is my belief that my kids who struggle with math do so for four reasons: poor vocabulary, difficulties with reading comprehension, low math reasoning skills, and not knowing their basic math facts! Do you have students [more]

Heads Up Review

Is "Heads Up, Seven Up" educational? It is the way I play it! Before I explain how I tweaked the game to make it educational, let me make sure you know what I'm talking about. [more]

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Category Archives: geometry

Factor Snowmen- A Venn Diagram Craftivity

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Carey BonifasJanuary 20, 2014

Snow! I love it and every year I MUST do some kind of snowman craftivity with my students. I usually have my students create a snowman using geometry vocabulary. This activity comes from the book Mathematical ART-O-Facts by Catherine Jones … Continue reading →

Posted in Carey's Class, Common Core State Standards, geometry | Tagged Factor Number, Math Craft, Snowman

Pirate Geometry

Posted on February 15, 2012 by mrsjoyhallDecember 30, 2016

Here is the latest project I’ve been working on: Pirate Geometry! I needed a geometry lesson that goes over basic vocabulary of lines for fifth graders and couldn’t find anything that I liked. I ended up doing what I always … Continue reading →

Posted in BINGO, FREEBIE, geometry | Tagged angles, fifth grade geometry, geometry, geometry activity, geometry test prep, lines, parallel lines, skew, transversal