In my early years of teaching, I didn't always know what to say when students told me they didn't have time to do their homework (other than something like, "You must have had some time between 4:00 and 9:00!). There were all kinds of reasons - they had sports practice or a lesson, or they had to go to their brother's or sister's game/practice/event of some kind; or their parents took them shopping or out to eat. At that time I had one child (who was 2 when I started teaching), so I didn't have the experience from a parent's point of view of making sure I was getting my kids to their activities, getting done all the house-related things, and also making sure they were getting their homework done. This made it a little difficult for me to relate to the students' situations, but I tried to help them think about how much time they did have to do their work. Being involved in activities definitely reduces time for schoolwork, but it doesn't mean t...
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the great activity! I wish I had my own freebie to post here. I just blogged about the great place value activities I have found online - maybe I could link up that way?
Jenn
Doodling Around in 6th Grade
Sure! You can link up a blog post or a paid product if you want. Thanks!
DeleteThanks for hosting this linky...off to pin this post!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up (and for pinning)! I see that you went to UD...so did my daughter!
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