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Math Task Roles ⚙️
"Divide and conquer" proved right when it comes to problem-solving. I know students frequently rush over math problems and even though...

V. Sanz
Apr 24, 20221 min read


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


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


Venture Beyond. Student's Blogs 📚💻🌎
There is a special kind of excitement that tingles when you are about to embark in a new adventure. As a teacher, I want to be excited...

V. Sanz
Apr 22, 20193 min read


Literary Non Fiction & Context
Giving purpose and context to our students always helps with engagement and for them to connect their learning. While we are focusing in...

V. Sanz
Feb 28, 20192 min read


How to... The Importance of Procedures
Procedural text is frequently difficult for students to comprehend; they usually identifying and following sequential steps. In order to...

V. Sanz
Jan 27, 20192 min read


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


Poetry Menu
Teaching poetry could be so much fun, but it also difficult to really dig deep into the meaning of poems. Often, students just enjoy the...

V. Sanz
Jan 19, 20192 min read


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


Book Talks: Tell me About your Book
I firmly believe that books talk to us and help shape us, we eventually become what we read. Every child is one book away of fall in love...

V. Sanz
Dec 15, 20182 min read


Expository Text & Inferencing
Inferencing is probably one of the most difficult comprehension skills to teach. Students struggle to make inferences about graphic...

V. Sanz
Nov 12, 20181 min read


Learning Menus: Take One
Give options and you'll be amazed. Week 3. This week we were working in Text Features and Graphic Sources. I wanted my students to...

V. Sanz
Sep 7, 20182 min read
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