by Emily Starr | Dec 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Meet Tararra Babaz. She teaches at T.S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School in Lake Charles, LA. She teaches 4th grade Social Studies and ELA to two classes totaling 50 students Tararra has been using StarrMatica in her classroom since the beginning of this school year,...
by Emily Starr | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
We live in an age where the world can be brought into your classroom. I loved using virtual field trips as a way of taking my students to see the world without leaving their seats. Students usually aren’t able to travel around the world, and some students haven’t...
by Emily Starr | Nov 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
A new K-2 StarrMatica Lesson was just launched! Our farm themed place value lesson was designed to help students discover the meaning of place value on their own and to explore the concept in many different ways. In the Learn section: Students are challenged to...
by Emily Starr | Nov 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is the sixth in a series of seven posts sharing reasons virtual manipulatives should be the cornerstone of interactive content in the classroom including specific practical examples. (The previous posts can be viewed here: Part 1-Visualizing, Part 2-Explore...
by Emily Starr | Nov 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
When someone is first introduced to StarrMatica, we always begin by sharing that StarrMatica is a library of content, not a program or a curriculum. This is a very important distinction, and one that we have found is foreign to many educators for a myriad of...
