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…

Weekend App Attack: 3 Great Classroom Apps!

…students at once. Give each player a partner and voila! You have four students engaged on one tablet. Any app that allows more students to take advantage of the tablets

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 –…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…this issue, “I still struggle with my classroom library procedures. Doesn’t anyone have a process that has worked well and doesn’t result in lost time and lost books?” Over 100

5 Ways to Engage Parents Using Google Drive

…digitally. Parents use the same username and password they use for their Gmail account. Google Drive can be downloaded on smart phones and tablets, so parents can access everydocument without…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

…had numerous catastrophic wildfires, Hurricane Sandy tore the east coast apart in October of 2012, and then there was that day… I remember that horrible day…December 14th, 2012…The Sandy Hook…

Tips for Grading Cooperative Learning Lessons

…the assignment. Working together, they may score 100% correct on the activity page, but do they all fully understand the concept? There’s only one way to know for sure –…

Family Science Night: Hands-on, Minds-on Fun!

…make-and-take stations, local scientists incorporate presentations that encompass hands-on and minds-on learning, or a combination of all of the above idea formats. How to Plan and Host a Family Science…