Math

If you’ve been around TKS for a while, you know that Mr. Greg loves keeping things simple. I also understand the importance and necessity of low-prep, reusable, year-long ideas. Especially…

Confession:  I’m a Dollar Tree addict.  There, I admit it.  I have a problem. You see, I stroll around that amazing store and fill my cart up with items that…

This year, I promised my students and their families during virtual learning: when we return to in-person learning, I would give the class THE BEST KINDERGARTEN YEAR EVER! And that…

Kids love practicing math skills by playing games!  I love easy prep games that can be used in whole group lessons and then turned into a center activity.  This subtraction…

We love going on an ocean adventure in our classroom and it’s always a blast!  We research, write, and label different ocean animals.  The engagement and excitement about each animal…

This hands-on addition activity is an easy to make and highly engaging way for students to practice addition.   It is FREE, hands-on, and easily differentiated.    And really FUN!…

Teen numbers are hard for kindergartners. Kids need to work with teen numbers using hands-on lessons that allow them to make teen numbers with a variety of tools and strategies.…

Raise your hand if you love unicorns! I mean, who doesn’t?! They’re fun and happy and make everything better. I love using unicorns in the classroom because the kids love…

This week we kick off the final quarter of the school year. What!? Where has the year gone?! It seems like the year has flown by but it’s definitely been…

Place value, teen numbers and ten and some more are all concepts that can be a bit challenging for our students.  But when you use giant base ten manipulatives, it…