Checking for Understanding with Exit Tickets

…formative assessment educators can use to check for student understanding. Depending on your purpose, exit tickets can assist you in determining … what students already know about a topic what…

Managing Whole Group Instruction

…lose both tickets, the next time they disrupt the class, they have to pull a tag on the Stoplight board (described above). Students can also earn tickets for staying on…

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…

Bucket Seats… Made Easy!

…thing’s first: lay out your batting and place the larger wooden circle on top. Use the circle as a template to trim the batting. Next, lay the same large wooden…

Teaching Informational Text with Magazines

…your lessons because each issue is unique. How to Obtain Magazines for Your Classroom Where can you get magazines for your classroom? Here are a few ideas: You can start…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

…both natural and those caused by man. It models effective parenting and teaching responses. This book can help assure children that through love, empathetic understanding, preparation, and effective communication, they…

How to Introduce Decimals with Base Ten Blocks

…against the class, or students can play against each other in cooperative learning teams. In this game, players attempt to create the largest number by placing randomly-selected numbers on a…

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…