by Annalise | Jul 31, 2025 | Teaching Maths Concepts
Step-By-Step Lesson Plan for teaching Grade 7-9 students how to add positive and negative integers. Teaching students to confidently add positive and negative integers can feel like trying to untangle a slinky—especially if they’ve developed misconceptions early on....
by Annalise | Jul 6, 2025 | Explicit Teaching Strategies, Teaching Maths Concepts
Have you ever stood in the grocery store aisle, holding two boxes of cereal, trying to figure out which one is actually the better deal? One is cheaper but half the size… the other is double the price but looks like it might last longer. That’s real-world...
by Annalise | May 15, 2025 | Explicit Teaching Strategies, Teaching Maths Concepts
Making Cartesian Coordinates Click: A Free Worksheet to Boost Engagement and Understanding My students loved this fun plotting points worksheet—and honestly, so did I. It turned what can often be a tricky concept into something visual, hands-on, and surprisingly...
by Annalise | Apr 30, 2025 | Teaching Maths Concepts
DOWNLOAD NOW Let’s be real—teaching percentages can be tricky. Some students breeze through them, while others stare at you like you’re speaking a different language. If you’re looking for a simple, low-prep way to get your middle schoolers engaged in percent of a...
by Annalise | Feb 26, 2025 | Individual Curriculum Plans (ICPs), Lesson Planning & Classroom Routines, Teaching Maths Concepts
Making Data Work for You: A Simple Way to Teach What Kids Actually Need Let’s talk about data. We hear this word and instantly think of paperwork, admin reports, and wasted time spent keeping admin happy—but with no real impact on our own students. But what if we...
by Annalise | Nov 4, 2024 | Explicit Teaching Strategies, Lesson Planning & Classroom Routines, Teaching Maths Concepts
I’ll never forget my first year of teaching when I was determined to tackle everything at once—behaviour management, curriculum planning, and making sure my students were on track. But one lesson stands out. I was teaching fractions, and no matter how many times I...