Inside & Out with Karen & Kelie: eureka math

Friday, 21 July 2017

Final Week of Sun,Sand, & Savings

They say all good things must come to an end... This holds true for the amazing product discounts and giveaway opportunities Karen and I have been bringing you all month long through our Sun, Sand, & Savings deals.

The good news is, you still have 1 more week to score some amazing discounts!!!

Here is a sneak peak at some of the products you will find on sale next week:

Make a beautiful yet meaningful math bulletin board with these vocabulary posters.

Math Vocabulary Posters

Multiplication games- perfect for fact practice or early finishers. *Teaching tip- students can play these while you are organizing and dealing with all the craziness back to school brings.

Multiplication Games

Teachers tell us ALL the time how much value they receive with our Engage New York units. We know these materials are worth every penny, but, we can't help to bring you some sort of discount during this last week of sales.

Engage New York

The feedback on our Engage New York math vocabulary posters has been wonderful! So many teachers have reported the hours of saved time. Some teachers report that they don't even use the ENY curriculum but that the posters still serve as a quick, engaging visual intro and review for students and makes for a great focus display wall that even your admin will love. Next week this resource will be available for a buck so you can test the waters (reg. $3.50). SCORE!
Engage NY Math Vocab Posters for Kindergarten, Module 3

Did you know that I (Karen) created homework for Kindergarten for the whole year!? Whew. It was quite the undertaking, let me tell ya!! In fact, I only agreed to make these packs because my dear friend Linda asked me to help her out. Each month includes a full month calendar or half-sheet weekly calendar option, language arts and math mixed pages or language arts only pages, and a poem to send home one week with directions to interact with the poem each day of the week. As a bonus, the calendars are all fully editable as are any of the pages that have sight words. This is normally priced at $30.00 with a value of $43.75 but next week you can snag it for just $20.00. Wait, there's more (oh GEEZ, haha)... you will also have access to any and all future updates!!
Kindergarten Homework for the Whole School Year

Are you looking for a way to supplement your Engage New York curriculum? Do you need a way to convey to your students' parents what you are working on in the classroom and exactly how you plan to teach the skills or concepts? Do you want to better engage your students AND THEIR FAMILIES? If you're like many of our buyers, you're saying, "YES, YES, YES!!!" Check out our letters and game packs. Kelie calls her packs parent newsletters, just FYI, if you're looking for grades 2-4. :) The feedback on these packs has been AMAZING and I know that our resources are saving teachers time and in some cases even helping new teachers (or new-to-ENY-teachers) to feel more confident in their ability to teach the rigorous Engage New York Math Curriculum.
Engage Your Families for First Grade, Module 5

And believe it or not, that is not all!!! On 7/25-7/27 search Teachers Pay Teachers with the hashtag #christmasinjuly to find additional dollar deals!

Wait, there's more!
Haha. Oh man... I'm sorry.... I'm just super excited AND low on sleep. Not the best combo. Haha. (Karen)

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Sunday, 3 July 2016

Let's Talk About Parents...

No, I'm not talking about gathering around a lunch table in the staff lounge with your "best friend teaching buddies" to talk about "that" family. I want to talk about the importance of effective communication with your students' families. If there is one thing I have learned over my years of teaching, it's the importance of parent communication!

When the new Common Core State Standards arrived, if you were anything like me, you may have read them, and thought "Huh? What in the world does this mean?" and "How am I ever going to be able to teach to these standards?" Yep, I was intimidated by the expectations set for my 8 year olds, and was preparing for a world of:

After that fear sunk in, came the fear of, "How am I ever going to be able to send this stuff home for homework and expect parents to help their children with this?"

I know by now we have all seen something to this effect:

But, there was no way I was going to let Common Core math get me or my students' parents! After spending hours learning the basis and strategies used to teach the concepts used with Common Core math, I fell in LOVE! Yep, that's right! I loved that we were actually teaching real skills to students, not just an algorithm to solve a problem.

Now that I was sold on this new awesomeness, I knew I had to educate my student's parents on the importance of the new skills I'd be teaching their students. That's when I began creating home school communication letters with a no-prep game to send home with my kiddo's. These letters introduce new concepts, skills, and vocabulary.

My student's parents love getting these letters, and honestly, I have had ZERO complaints about Common Core math from them. My students are able to complete their homework and practice the skills at home, and that makes my teacher heart happy.

If you teach math using Engage New York or Eureka math, I've created these home school communication letters for 2nd and 3rd grade (sold individually or bundled) found here: