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Virginia is for Lovers Bloggers!
A lovely group of Virginia bloggers would like to help usher in the new school year by extending a bit of southern hospitality. You can follow along the blog hop to visit 20+ Virginia teacher blogs for terrific teaching tips and fun freebies to help get your new school year off to a great start.
You will find the next stop on the hop at the end of this post. It doesn't matter which blog you start on, just keep clicking through and you will make through to everyone!
I grew up in the beautiful mountains in the western part of the state. We lived wayyy back in the sticks! I have very fond memories of playing in the barn, wandering through the woods with my cousins, sitting on the porch swing at my grandparents house, and being sent to the cellar for jars of beans and pickles that had been canned in the summer. I went to the same school where parents attended and it housed grades 1 through 12!
Now that I'm all grown up, I'm a city girl, living in Richmond at the heart of the state. We like to take in all the city has to offer from the gazillions of museums, to the James River, to the 150+ acre park a block behind our home. I teach in a very urban school where many of the kids don't even realize a huge river runs right through the middle of our city! So, I have my work cut out for me:)
My students LOVE spinner games. It doesn't matter what skill the game addresses, they love it!
I love spinner games because they are absolutely no muss, no fuss games. All I do is print, laminate, attach a spinner and GO!
The latest spinner games I've been working on are to help practice using addition and subtraction strategies. The freebie for today is Counting On and Counting Back for addition or subtraction. The kids spin a number, then spin a +1, 2, or 3 or a -1, 2, or 3.
They use the strategy to find the answer and mark it on a recording sheet.
This file contains two options for recording - either a traditional 'write the equation' or a 'Bump' style cover page to use with chips. You could even use both if you have super organized kids who could keep up with all of that:)
I hope you are able to use the game and if you have any questions about how to use it, please let me know:)
(Free only for the hop:)
You will find the next stop on the hop at the end of this post. It doesn't matter which blog you start on, just keep clicking through and you will make through to everyone!
I grew up in the beautiful mountains in the western part of the state. We lived wayyy back in the sticks! I have very fond memories of playing in the barn, wandering through the woods with my cousins, sitting on the porch swing at my grandparents house, and being sent to the cellar for jars of beans and pickles that had been canned in the summer. I went to the same school where parents attended and it housed grades 1 through 12!
Now that I'm all grown up, I'm a city girl, living in Richmond at the heart of the state. We like to take in all the city has to offer from the gazillions of museums, to the James River, to the 150+ acre park a block behind our home. I teach in a very urban school where many of the kids don't even realize a huge river runs right through the middle of our city! So, I have my work cut out for me:)
My students LOVE spinner games. It doesn't matter what skill the game addresses, they love it!
I love spinner games because they are absolutely no muss, no fuss games. All I do is print, laminate, attach a spinner and GO!
The latest spinner games I've been working on are to help practice using addition and subtraction strategies. The freebie for today is Counting On and Counting Back for addition or subtraction. The kids spin a number, then spin a +1, 2, or 3 or a -1, 2, or 3.
They use the strategy to find the answer and mark it on a recording sheet.
This file contains two options for recording - either a traditional 'write the equation' or a 'Bump' style cover page to use with chips. You could even use both if you have super organized kids who could keep up with all of that:)
I hope you are able to use the game and if you have any questions about how to use it, please let me know:)
(Free only for the hop:)