Checking for Understanding with Exit Tickets
Guest post by Greg Coleman from Mr. Elementary Math During my early years as a classroom teacher I felt that exit tickets were yet another initiative or showy thing to…
Guest post by Greg Coleman from Mr. Elementary Math During my early years as a classroom teacher I felt that exit tickets were yet another initiative or showy thing to…
…– After completing a lesson, assess with a series of Plickers questions instead of paper exit tickets. You won’t have to print new exit tickets each day, and you can…
…used this system with great success for over 10 years. Create your own bulletin board with numbered pockets or purchase Go for Green Stoplight Management System which includes all the…
…with pages inside. Each page has numbered library pockets attached (4 per page). I place the card into their pocket. When they want a new book, they get their card…
…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…
…in New Year’s Day traditions. Many years ago I developed several literacy activities to teach my students about the Lunar New Year, but back then I referred to it as…
…Chinese and American New Years A Venn diagram is a great tool for exploring the similarities and differences between the Chinese New Year and New Year celebrations in other countries….
…Duarte” and tie a ribbon on it. They are so simple, but I have kids come back and tell me they still have their ornament 13 years later. I usually…
…all the tickets, put them in a container, and draw for small treats, prizes or special privileges. The next day, everyone starts with 3 new tickets. Works like a charm!…
…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…
…obvious place to look is to find a classroom magazine like Time for Kids and Scholastic News. I prefer Scholastic News and used it every year with my students. It…
Guest blog post by Julia Cook Our country has been plagued with several disasters in the last few years. There was the Joplin, Missouri tornado in May of 2011, we’ve…
