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Hey everyone! I have linked my resource here for y'all to see. I think this is a wonderful resource for us future math teachers. It is a website created by Howard County School System, and it is jam packed for of resources and tools. The particular page I linked is for 5th grade math, and there are tons of different pdf files available for download. From place value charts to grids to venn diagrams, this website has so much to offer. As future math teacher, I think we will sometimes have a perfect lesson in our heads, but not have the resources to make it successful in our classrooms. Having these files that we can download instantly will for sure come in handy when we are trying to create interesting lessons. Not to mention, students love a fun worksheet, especially the kind that don't actually have real problems. Most of these pdf documents are supplementary materials, things that we can integrate into our lessons that students can use to visualize concepts.





While this particular website is linked to math (5th grade math to be exact), they offer these same resources for other middle grades math, and I'm sure as well as other content areas. I think having resources like these will be beneficial to keep in our back pockets as we make our way into education. Especially as young teachers, I figure we will struggle coming up with supplementary materials such as worksheets, so it will be very handy to be able to pull them up here. Math can sometimes be hard to teach and hard to learn, and that is why I think it is so important and beneficial to collaborate with others and share these great resources.

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  1. Lisa NearySeptember 24, 2019 at 8:02 AM

    Hey Kim,
    This resource is amazing and is going to be so helpful in the future. There are so many different topics and units that this resource can be used for which is great. I feel like it can be easily applied to so many lesson plans and is interactive which is great for kids, and keeps them engaged.

    Thank you for sharing this source!

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  2. Michael SilverSeptember 24, 2019 at 5:58 PM

    Kim,

    This resource is great! I loved the point you brought up about new teachers like us being fresh to the classroom and sometimes needing a resource that fits an idea in our head. It's not always easy to bring an idea to fruition, and this resource does a fantastic job of trying to help out teachers in that way. This website has so many different topics, so it can be used a lot without feeling like you're getting repetitive. Great post!
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