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Group Work in Pandemic Times
One of the things I miss most about our old school days is to be able to work in groups. Our first attempt was not smooth. Four computers...
V. Sanz
May 2, 20211 min read
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Digital Interactive Slides as Checks for Understanding
This school year will go in history, we were faced with unique sets of challenges and opportunities to transform our teaching practice....
V. Sanz
May 2, 20211 min read
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Small Christmas Bussiness: Financial Literacy 💵
Financial Literacy Unit! We all can relate to money! Teaching 4th graders how to calculate cost and profit, as well as fixed and variable...
V. Sanz
Dec 21, 20191 min read
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North Pole Postal Service 📦📮🎄
Input and Output tables and numerical expressions seem a little abstract for students, every time we can give them the opportunity to...
V. Sanz
Dec 12, 20191 min read
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Level Up! AKA Math Review ⏫
How to review concepts prior to an exam? How do you engage students in critical thinking and problem-solving? How to build their...
V. Sanz
Dec 8, 20191 min read
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BBB Gallery - Math in Context 💳
Learning it's more meaningful when given purpose and context. Engagement and commitment arise when students are involved in real-life...
V. Sanz
Nov 17, 20191 min read
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Architecture Multiplication 🏙
Double-digit multiplication can be daunting. It took us several weeks to process all the different ways to multiply. Students learned how...
V. Sanz
Oct 27, 20191 min read
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Ownership, Goal Setting & Feedback
Providing students with prompt feedback and fostering an ownership culture will help them achieve their goals.
V. Sanz
Oct 6, 20192 min read
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Addition and Subtraction::: Role Play? Yes, please! 🛒
We finished our Addition and Subtraction unit and it was time for a Topic closure activity. I had some previously created options that I...
V. Sanz
Sep 29, 20192 min read
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The First Breakout of the Year! ⚙️
I can't deny it, I love breakouts activities. It allows me to structure challenges where students have to show their knowledge and use it...
V. Sanz
Sep 22, 20191 min read
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Measurement. Time is Ticking
Topic closures are always a good opportunity to use the lowest SE's reinforce concepts and challenge students with new problems in an...
V. Sanz
Mar 10, 20192 min read
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Instance Relevance: Running Math
My students know I'm a "runner." 🏃🏽♀️ Their first question is usually, did you win? Then I explain them that I run to compete against...
V. Sanz
Feb 10, 20192 min read
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Fractions in Action
Fractions topic closure was a great opportunity to connect them with real-life applications, for example cooking. At the first station,...
V. Sanz
Jan 20, 20191 min read
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North Pole Postal Service: Help needed. 🎅🏽📦📫
Christmas is coming, is all around us, just give in. What about helping Santa pack all those presents using Math Skills? Yeah, Santa...
V. Sanz
Dec 19, 20181 min read
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4th Grade Architects: Math IRL
One of my goals this year is to make connections between the concepts learned in class to the outside, real world and make it in an...
V. Sanz
Nov 3, 20182 min read
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Addition/Subtraction::Treasure Hunt
Balancing struggle, self-checking answers, thinking out of the box. Oh, and accepting feedback. For Topic 2 closure, Addition and...
V. Sanz
Sep 25, 20182 min read
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Educational BreakOuts::Perseverance
In order to wrap up Topic 1, Place Value, we decided to present our students their first Breakout activity. We took some curriculum...
V. Sanz
Sep 10, 20182 min read
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