Managing Whole Group Instruction

…to start the day. They can’t write their names on their tickets until the end of the day. If they break a classroom rule, I take a ticket. If they…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

number, I always know who has what. John Blake – One of my classroom community jobs is Librarian. At certain times in the day, this student will open the check-in/out…

5 Math Games Every Classroom Needs to Play

…student crosses off numbers it can’t be and circles numbers it could. The person who guesses the right number, wins and gets to choose the next number. The best part…

Teaching Informational Text with Magazines

…If you aren’t able to purchase children’s magazines for your classroom, I hope you’ll consider letting your students bring magazines to school and read them from time to time. You’ll…

Quiet Signals and Timers

…each time. That’s 5 minutes of wasted time each hour, or 30 minutes of wasted time each day. If you multiply that by 180 school days, you end up wasting…

How to Form Cooperative Learning Teams

…amount of time, I spend too much time dealing with social skills. If they are looking at each other ALL DAY every day, maybe they don’t need to be together…