by Shannon McCartney | Jan 10, 2014 | *Parent Connection, *Technology, Math
Need a great home-school communication connection that is easy to use and doesn’t require you to be at a computer to update it? Check out the Remind 101 App! This is a great app that you can use on your iPhone or iPad, and guess what? Yep, it’s FREE!The...
by Shannon McCartney | Jan 3, 2014 | *Parent Connection, *Technology, Math
Think back to when you were doing story problems in math class. There were some story problems that probably made you panic because perhaps you really didn’t have a systematic process to figure them out. More than likely you had trouble applying your...
by Shannon McCartney | Dec 11, 2013 | Math
The Common Core State Standards in Mathematics require us to no longer teach surface-level concepts to students using procedures they don’t understand. I refer to this as going a “mile long” with concepts, by covering all the “things” we...
by Shannon McCartney | Dec 4, 2013 | *Early Intervention, *Technology, Audience - Teachers
All of the Fuss about “Higher Order Thinking” is among us as educators with the CCSS Anchor Standards in ELA and the 8 Mathematical Practices in Math. But how do I accomplish that while applying differentiated instruction in my classroom filled with a...
by Shannon McCartney | Nov 15, 2013 | *Early Intervention, *Motor Skills (Fine and Gross), *Parent Connection
How much screen time should a typical 4-year-old have?? If you guessed 30 minutes or less, you’d be right! This was just one of the topics we covered during our Finger Funatics Parent Night last night. Over 40 preschool families came to learn about the...
