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…
…sort of “fingerprint” the Plickers software uses to identify each student when the cards are scanned. The number on each side is the number assigned to the student in the…
…seats without permission. They need something tangible to remind them to follow the classroom procedures. I have found that using raffle tickets helps tremendously. I give students 2 raffle tickets…
…of the books in my classroom library have my name written inside the front cover. I also write a number inside each book. At the beginning of each year, I…
…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…
…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…
…to include everyone. Then I’d make a cute cover and photocopy the booklets front and back on colored paper. They always seemed to love the booklets and would look eagerly…
…novels, but many schools lack a good selection of interesting nonfiction texts. If you enjoy reading magazines yourself, the solution is right in front of you! As it turns out,…
…Three days later, I found myself in front of 400 children doing an author visit at a different elementary school that was thousands of miles away. When the kindergartners and…
…board and asking students work to with their teams to “build” that number on the team mat. You can make up your own numbers or use the Build a Decimal…
…account and download the Google Drive app to their phone. For parents without e-mail addresses, I also help them sign up for Gmail, and download the app on their phone…