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…

Teaching Informational Text with Magazines

…Giveaway Next Giveaway Deadline: October 12, 2019 As I mentioned above, some airlines have a “Mags for Miles” program where you can get magazines for free. It just so happens…

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…

Pumpkin Predictions Measurement Fun!

…the October Activities Pack and print out the chart from there. Pumpkin Predictions Procedure Have students number off around the team, and Person #1 becomes the first recorder. Each team…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

…had numerous catastrophic wildfires, Hurricane Sandy tore the east coast apart in October of 2012, and then there was that day… I remember that horrible day…December 14th, 2012…The Sandy Hook…

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…