Checking for Understanding with Exit Tickets

…effective strategy to check for understanding is to provide each student with a paper exit ticket. When creating effective paper exit tickets, I consider the following to be 3 critical…

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…

Stop the Clock – An Adventure in Teaching Time!

…purchase ad-free versions from Interactive Resources. These links go to the evaluation versions: Stop the Clock 1 (30-minute intervals) Stop the Clock 2 (15-minute intervals) Stop the Clock 3 (5-minute

Stop Team Disruptions with Team Stop Signs

minute and think about how they can refocus and work more effectively. After one minute, the team captain places the stop sign back on your desk and the team returns…

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…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

…the right. Always remember: you are your child’s coping instructor! I had the great honor of reading the Ant Hill Disaster over the phone to Michelle Gay who lost her…