Walls for Language Learners

…classrooms for the first time after a summer away, feeling a bit overwhelmed by those four blank walls staring back at us. We have a variety of visions as to…

Halting Back Talkers in Their Tracks!

…the series, click here. To see Whole Brain Teaching in action, watch the videos on the WBT website. Need a rule that stops back-talking students in their tracks? Discover the…

5 Engaging Ways to Introduce New Content

…with Audio or Video In a heavily audio and video-based world, our students are used to flashy things to get their attention. Here’s how we can use it to our…

Plickers Made Easy with Task Cards

…and rotate them to indicate which answer they think is correct. The teacher scans all of the response cards at once, using the Plickers app installed on a mobile device….

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…out of their pocket, and put it back in the book, and put the book back on the shelf/basket. They can exchange books as often as they want. If they…

10 Ways to Power Up Any Lesson and Maximize Learning

…include writing and/or discussion, structured partner activities, games that require strategy and application of skills, STEM lessons, project-based learning 10 Ways to Power Up Any Lesson Learning theories are great,…

Undercover Boss – School Style!

…modified version of it. Everyone at the school knows the administrator, so the undercover portion of Undercover Boss would not work. But, the principal could go back to the classroom…