Spontaneity Brings Math to Life!

…an idea popped into my head. I walked out of the room, spun around and returned with a silly grin and a cuboid net in my hand. I didn’t say…

30 Free or Inexpensive Gift Ideas for Students

…you want to get fancy you could mount on construction paper. http://www.wordle.net Karen Esdale-Brown – I melt down the broken classroom crayons into Christmas cookie cutter shapes. Kerri Grooby –…

Going Marbles for STEM Hands-on Learning

…I’ve had 200 DonorsChoose projects funded with a total value of over $100,000, and I’ve learned a few tricks for getting your project funded successfully. First, try to keep your…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

…ALICE website: www.alicetraining.com. Julia is nationally recognized as an award-winning children’s book author and parenting expert. She holds a Master’s Degree in Elementary School Counseling, and while serving as a…

Hands On Geometry – Part II

…to create a net, measure each side, find the area of each side, and add it all together. Volume Back to the food again! Using the marshmallows (they are cheap…

12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…You can also use kid-safe social networking sites like Edmodo.com and Kidblog.org to get online discussions going about books. If you want to know more about Literature Circles, check out…

What are Cooperative Learning Structures?

…– Revising and editing written work samples (place work sample on overhead, students put heads together to discuss specific errors in punctuation, spelling, etc.) Grammar – Finding nouns, verbs, etc,…

Valentine Candy Hearts Math Investigation

…files. Here’s what you’ll find inside the file: Smartboard slides for recording and analyzing data (not required for the lesson) Promethean board tips for converting the Smartboard file Student samples of…

How to Get Kids to Slow Down with Their Work

…tell me first graders “it’s NOT a race ….(and they finish my sentence in unison ).. It’s a JOURNEY”. Then I finish with “enjoy your journey.” Paula Cull -You can…

The Ancient Secret for Wise Decisions

…life at school, at home, out with friends, on the Internet, engaged in a sport or hobby, dating, Everything. From childhood to adulthood, we need to make smart choices. Teachers…