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 –…

Power Reading Workshop and The Daily 5

…teachers, but eventually I published Power Reading Workshop: A Step-by-Step Guide, the first reading workshop guide with easy, step-by-step directions. Comparing and Contrasting Approaches Let’s look at the Power Reading…

Teaching Informational Text with Magazines

…recommendations online. The easiest place to find magazine reviews of is on Amazon.com. Even if you don’t plan to purchase your magazines there, it’s really helpful to read reviews for…

The Power of Praise

…overcoming those challenges. As a result, their sense of pride will boost their self esteem more than external praise ever could – the power of pride will trump the power

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…

Valentine Candy Hearts Math Investigation

…at cheap prices. Your students won’t mind a bit if Valentine’s Day has already passed! Valentine Hearts Data Analysis Freebie If you’d like to use this activity with your students,…

Bucket Seats… Made Easy!

…super easy tutorial on how to make bucket seats from those cheap 5-gallon paint buckets that you can get from pretty much any home improvement store. I actually got mine…

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

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…can read the reviews on Amazon to see what you think. In the image on the right, the Intelliscanner is shown at the top, and the cheaper, generic scanner is…