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This week's talented teacherpreneur is DianaJo from DianaJo's Math and More ! She loves to help students that are struggling with math. So much so, that she has tutored over 200 students one on one, and gained many valuable insights to lower achieving students that can help them succeed! She initially heard of TpT when a friend of hers retired, and encouraged her to create and sell products. The idea of being able to create anything she wanted really drew her. The most valuable product she's made for her store has been her Math and ART! products. Most of her work has been with struggling students. She had these kids in mind when she created Math and ART! These products really help struggling students because they are self correcting and fun! One thing she'd like to know more about is incorporating STEAM into her math class especially. She hopes to do some research on this and offer related products in the coming year. After all, learning happens best when we c...

This week's teacherpreneur is Meshelle from Smith Science ! Meshelle began teaching long before TPT was a thought! Creating learning experiences for her students has always been exciting for her. She was on a perpetual search for activities that addressed her content, engaged her students, and was easy to follow. Engagement was her priority, but she was determined that her classroom content was rich . If she couldn't find what she was looking for, she created it herself!    To address the many ability levels in her classroom, she created Brain Gush , a collection of mathematical challenges that incorporate 5th grade concepts but push the envelope! Her students love it when she passes out the new version of Brain Gush each week! They especially love that they can work in any order. She's found so many other teachers in the TpT community that have faced the dilemma of varying ability levels in the classroom, and have found Brain Gush helpful! Her advice for aspiring ...

Kindergarten math word problems are taught methodically. Your students are young, but their number sense and ability to add, subtract, and group numbers together is so innate. You'd be amazed at the capacity of your students to solve kindergarten math word problems with different strategies, and using different tools. The way I begin is by giving my class a math word problem . I do a shared reading of it (or allow them to read themselves, depending on the time of year and level of difficulty of the text). Then, I let them have time to think about it, and solve it on their own. I give them no guidelines, or hints. Several students will undoubtedly come up with the answer, and be anxious to share it! I inculcate it in them to NOT call out or share the answer! As they work, I walk around and observe what strategies students are using. This is important for later on in the lesson. It gives me an idea of who to call on when we're at the carpet discussing our problem solving st...

This week's talented teacherpreneur is Angela from the Fantastic Teacher ! Angela is currently a teacher in McKinny, Texas. She decided to become a teacherpreneur when she was working at a poor school, and started making resources for her class. While working in Dallas ISD, her district implemented Writer's Workshop. As it was being implemented, she had a wonderful writing coach mentor who trained her and inspired her to create daily lesson plans for her class. As a result, she created hermost valuable resource, her Writer's Workshop (Taller de Escritura ). Her advice to those thinking of selling their resources online? If you love to create activities and lessons for your class, TpT is a good place to share your ideas and make money at the same time! It takes time to grow, but if it is something you love to do, it is worth it! Her goal moving forward is to find or create a daily intervention for her students that is fun and engaging!