Last year, Molly joined the fourth grade team Amy was on. Molly has been teaching for four years. She spent the previous two years in a fifth grade classroom just down the hall from Amy. Molly is driven to provide higher level thinking activities that allow her students to apply the information she has presented over the course of a unit. She loves getting her students to think, and she is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to encourage them to think outside of the box.
Both Amy and Molly have a passion for creating and developing solid units of study that give students an opportunity to apply their knowledge and think deeply about their learning. Opening a Teachers Pay Teachers store together and sharing their work with other teachers has been their dream for some time now. They also have an interesting blog entitled Two Nutty Teachers Teachin' from the Same Tree.
They currently have 34 products in their store, five of which are free. I especially like the free resource Experimenting with the Scientific Method. This eight page resource is a perfect tool for teaching the Scientific Method! While following the process, the students view the scientific method in action by performing an experiment using gummy bears. (Yeah - FOOD!) The product is formatted in a way so that it can be used individually or added into a Interactive Science Journal. By downloading this FREEBIE, you will receive suggestions on how to use the download, steps to run the experiment, and seven one-half-page graphic organizers for all the steps of the Scientific Method.
From their paid products I chose Fractions and Line Plots, A Three Season Collection. These are season themed task cards (fall, winter and spring) that teach students how to create a line plot with fractions! The cards include real-world situations that your class can relate to in order to help them understand the steps involved in this difficult process. In the CCSS aligned 88 page product, Amy and Molly explain how they use this download in their own classrooms
Included in this product are the following:
From their paid products I chose Fractions and Line Plots, A Three Season Collection. These are season themed task cards (fall, winter and spring) that teach students how to create a line plot with fractions! The cards include real-world situations that your class can relate to in order to help them understand the steps involved in this difficult process. In the CCSS aligned 88 page product, Amy and Molly explain how they use this download in their own classrooms
Included in this product are the following:
- Steps for Creating a Line Plot Handout
- 18 Group Task Cards (with answers)
- A set of questions to go with EACH task card (with answers)
- Six example activities (with answers)
So take some time to check out these Two Nutty Teachers who seem to be doing amazing things together. They both thank you in advance and for taking part in their journey!