Blog - Sally Witherspoon Math

Is long division giving you the blues? I feel you. I promise there are hundreds of teachers out there scratching their heads, wondering how to

The issue with paper in a math classroom is… that there’s so much of it. Math is a practice subject. Kids get good at it

Looking to spice up your math block? Math card sort activities are a great way to reach your kinesthetic learners and the students who are

If I had a dollar for every teacher I’ve seen try to cram GCF and LCM into one day… I’d have a LOT of dollars.

There, I said it: Assigned seats is a hill I will die on. Ugh, Sally. You’re so lame! Do I really need a classroom seating

Teachers ask me all the time: “What do you do about absent students?” Controversial take: Not a whole lot. I don’t make them make up

Yes, I know. You teach 5th grade (or 6th grade or 8th grade or 10th grade). Kids should have learned subtracting with regrouping in 2nd

Why Divisibility Rules Matter Can we talk about divisibility rules for a second? Because so many teachers skip them entirely, and they are SUCH an

Ever feel like your classroom is stuck in an endless loop of:“What’d you get for number 9?”“57!”…over and over and over. Is this thing on?

Is it just me, or does choosing the operation in word problems suck the life right out of a classroom? My students can multiply like