This week in third grade land we are learning to divide. I recently noticed that my kids are having a hard time interpreting certain phrases in word problems. Here's what I did to help them master this new skill.

Reading centers have been particularly hard lately. These third graders have nothing on their minds except socializing and acting like the fourth graders they aren't yet. So I took the drastic measure of canceling reading centers. Here's what we've...

Today, I want to share one of my favorite websites for teachers. It's called Learn Zillion. This is a site where you can go for interactive, student-oriented lesson support.

Until recently, I really didn't care what kind of model my kids used to solve word problems. But as we've worked our way through multiplication and division, I've found myself returning over and over again to the tape diagram. It's a nearly fai...