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Three Native American veterans, two men, one woman — School is getting back under way and maybe you realize you need another lesson or two for this week. Because we have subscribers who are both middle school and elementary teachers, and some who teach at schools that are K-8, each week I'll include a lesson, or maybe a whole unit, for middle school and another for elementary school.

Lessons of the Week: News You Can Use

September 17, 2024 in Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / multiplication / Seventh Grade / Third Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

Over the past few years, we have interviewed hundreds of teachers, principals, after-school staff and other experts in education – 100% cited maintaining student attention as a challenge. Across the classes we observed and teachers we interviewed, from Title I schools, from 15-50% of students were not turning in their […]

Warm-up Games and a Math-in-Music Lesson

February 7, 2024 in Educational Games / Educational Resources / Teachers tagged Educational Games / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

multiplication is the inverse of division - demonstrated with horses — This is the first in a multi-lesson unit designed to assess student mathematics proficiency by playing games that teach about Indigenous cultures that have embedded math problems. It also requires students to create their own math activities and math problems.

Math Assessment and Indigenous Cultures

September 11, 2022 in Educational Games / Math / Mathematics by AnnMaria De Mars

alejandro — 5 ways Growing Math makes summer school prep easy- 1. Supplemental lessons that are both engaging and standards-aligned, with all the resources you need included. 2. Educational games with standards-aligned content that students can play in class or at home for remediation, reinforcing a concept or a reward for getting their work done early. 3. An entire summer school course of the Growing Math lessons. You'll be amazed how quickly you can pull this together. 4. Include more diverse perspectives in your classroom, from Latino history to Dakota culture, integrated with math and language arts 5. Self-paced teacher training that can be done in as little as 15-minute increments

Feeling unprepared for summer school? Let Growing Math help you

May 15, 2022 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Educational Games / Mathematics / Newsletter / Teachers tagged Growing Math / Growing Math Training / Math / Math Resources / Summer / summer learning / Summer Learning Loss / Summer Resources / summer slide / summer vacation / Vacation by AnnMaria De Mars

Star quilt with red, yellow and green — Teaching with Primary Sources Network is a site we love because of the practical lessons, discussion and wealth of topics. It's only flaw is with SO much content you sometimes can get lost.

Sites we love: 3 reasons to check out Teaching with ...

April 8, 2022 in AnnMaria / Educational Resources / Mathematics / Teachers tagged Teacher Resource by AnnMaria De Mars

We have added a Resource Library webpage on our teacher platform, Growing Math. We have also organized the virtual manipulatives page. What’s in the Resource Library? Are you looking for something to make your lesson just a little more engaging or to reach that student who didn’t understand the first […]

The Growing Math Resources Library

March 25, 2022 in 10 Minute Lesson / 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / blogposts / Educational Games / Educational Resources / ESL / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Growing Math / Math / Mathematics / Newsletter / Remote Education / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / Statistics Education / Teachers / Third Grade tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday / Growing Math / mathematics / MTUL / newsletter / statistics / Teacher Resources / Video Library / Virtual Manipulatives by Christy Hanson

Most of the time, words like “studying” and “vacations”, can sound like complete antonyms. In general, studying at a school can be exhausting, to the point that can become stressful for kids. However, studying by itself may not be as stressful as studying while at school, where kids must past […]

Why is it good to learn during vacations?

March 15, 2022 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / blogposts / Cultural content / division / Educational Games / ESL / fractions / History / Math / Mathematics / multiplication / Newsletter / Remote Education / rural education / Special Education / Uncategorized tagged Bilingual Games / Holiday / Holidays / learning at home / learning loss / Spring Break / summer learning / summer slide / summer vacation by Maria Paz Jorquera

Making Camp Lakota — We updated Making Camp Lakota. Prepare your kids to beat summer learning loss with this free game!

Prevent Summer Learning Loss with Making Camp Lakota!

March 10, 2022 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / blogposts / Cultural content / Division / Educational Games / Game Progress / History / Math / multiplication / Newsletter / rural education tagged Bilingual / Bilingual Education / Bilingual Game / division / division game / elementary education / game update / lakota / Lakota language / Making Camp Lakota / multiplication game by Christy Hanson

Asynchronous, self-paced teacher training just arrived at Growing Math. Now you can train with us on on your own time, for free.

Growing Math Asynchronous Training: Train on your own!

February 18, 2022 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / blogposts / Cultural content / Division / Educational Games / Educational Resources / ESL / FAQ / Fifth Grade / Growing Math / Long Division / Math / Mathematics / multiplication / Newsletter / problem-solving / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / Statistics Education / subtraction / Teachers / Third Grade / Two-digit multiplication / video tagged 7 Generation Games / agriculture / Asynchronous training / Christy Hanson / Diana Sanchez / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Growing Math / Growing Math Training / Math Resources / mathematics / Professional Development / self-paced training / social studies / Teacher Resource / Teacher Resources / Teacher Training / Training by Christy Hanson

Break down the language barrier with our English/Spanish #bilingual games. Play "AzTech: Meet the Maya" and "Making Camp Bilingual" for free for the next 30 days! Read our latest blog.

Free Bilingual Games to Enrich Your Math Class

February 16, 2022 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / blogposts / Cultural content / Division / division / Educational Games / ESL / Fifth Grade / Math / Mathematics / multiplication / Newsletter / problem-solving / rural education / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / Statistics Education / Third Grade tagged Accessibility / Bilingual by Christy Hanson

Today, we reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream that Black people would be treated with equality. Have your students get in on a day of service and kindness for building equality in your community.

Students Can Build a Beloved Community of their Vision

January 17, 2022 in Cultural content / Newsletter / Teachers tagged African Americans / Black History Month / Cultural Content / MLK Jr. Day by Christy Hanson

This 7 Generation Games video game project was a long time in the making and we're stoked that the beta launch is nigh.

Heads up, Making Camp Navajo is here!

December 8, 2021 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Cultural content / Customized Games / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Game Design / Game Progress / Growing Math / Math / Mathematics / Newsletter / Remote Education / Seventh Grade tagged 7 Generation Games / 7th grade / 8th grade / Beta / Educational Resources / making camp navajo / middle school / Navajo Nation / newsletter / Sneak Peek by Christy Hanson