Checking for Understanding with Exit Tickets

…In this blog post, I will focus on written response exit tickets, especially as they might be used in mathematics instruction. However, many of the strategies can be applied to…

Managing Whole Group Instruction

Before you can involve your students in cooperative learning activities or other active engagement lessons, you’ll need to establish clear procedures for whole class management. When effective management strategies are…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…on the book matches the number on the card. If they match, the student gets the card back and can borrow another book. I started numbering the books, because I…

5 Math Games Every Classroom Needs to Play

…use to help increase my students’ engagement and number sense during my math block. Do you play games in your classroom? Wait… what?! No time? Well… you should make time!…

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…

Teaching Informational Text with Magazines

…through DonorsChoose.org. Monthly Children’s Magazines Weekly magazines have many advantages and should be a part of any classroom, but they don’t have quite the appeal of a traditional magazine like…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

may translate to a tragic event in their own community or another, man-made or natural. Ant Hill Disaster is a message of hope and love that will touch and inspire…

5 Ways to Engage Parents Using Google Drive

…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