Olympic Level Math
I love the Olympics! I enjoy watching the best athletes in the world compete and seeing the different events. As I became a teacher, I...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Jul 16
- 3 min
Visuals That Work for Word Problems
Bar models are probably one of the most popular things people hear about when they research a Singapore-based math education. They may...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Jul 5
- 2 min
Problem-Solving Steps that Actually Work
Whenever our students encounter problems, it can be a tricky situation. On one hand, I get super excited about the idea of my students...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Jun 11
- 1 min
The Power of Decomposing Ten
This week, I wanted to talk about an oldie but a goodie. When students are learning their math facts, we often jump straight to the...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Let's Talk Money, Honey!
Although many of us are now using credit cards and apps to pay for items, there's something to be said for understanding the counting of...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Math Literature: The Doorbell Rang
You know I love reading picture books during my math lessons. I love finding a good book with great pictures that show students what...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Apr 23
- 3 min
Problem Solving with Google Jamboards
One thing I find extremely interesting is watching the way students learn. One student may rely heavily on paper and pencil. Another may...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Making Mental Math Accessible
Many of you know I launched my Mental Math Within 100 co-op course this week! I'm so excited to begin working with 10 students two times...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Apr 1
- 3 min
Are You Mental?
Mental math is one of those areas that you either love or hate. You either grew up doing mental math and feel confident doing it or you...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 26
- 5 min
15 Solutions to 1 Problem
I spent the first 7 years of my teaching career teaching 4th grade in 3 very different schools. By fourth grade, most of the students...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 19
- 6 min
Grade Level Scope and Sequence
Every time I sit down with a student to introduce a new concept, it goes one of two ways. Either the student begins to make conceptual...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 12
- 3 min
Math Literature: Greg Tang
I'm loving adding math literature to our daily read alouds. Today, I want to share the fabulous world of Greg Tang with you. If you...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Math Lesson Planning Made Easy
How much time should he spend on a lesson? What materials do I really need? How long is the entire lesson? You've spent hours deciding on...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Number Bonds for Fact Families
As students begin working on math facts, it's essential that they get the part-whole relationship. This can be done using number bonds...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Place Value is Where It All Starts
Almost every textbook I've seen includes place value in the first few chapters. This is purposely placed at the beginning to root our...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Telling Time Analog Clock Clip Cards
If you know me, I'm all about setting goals. One of my new goals is to be so much better about sharing a Friday Freebie each week. With...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Math Journal Pages 0-10
I don't know about you, but my students get bored with the same textbook and workbook activities. Sometimes it just needs to be...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Regrouping in the Ones Place
In Grade 1, students begin to subtract with regrouping within 40 and apply these skills to subtract within 100. This tiny skill is HUGE...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 4
- 3 min
What Can You Do with a Deck of Cards?
I love playing games in math. (I don't know if you have picked up on that or not...) I feel like kids learn more when they practice in...
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Jessica Kaminski
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Do They Really Need to Know How to Do It That Way?
One of the first things I noticed when teaching students math using a Singapore approach was that students had to do math in so many...
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