Heartfelt Causes & Effects

…you’d like to use it with your students, you can download the PDF here. Free Heartfelt Causes and Effects Lesson Heartfelt Causes & Effects includes detailed, step-by-step directions, so I’ll…

Power Reading Workshop and The Daily 5

…about both Power Reading Workshop and The Daily 5 because both programs include strategies that will enrich your reading instruction. I do not mean for my review of The Daily

Daily Math Problem Solving and the Common Core

Daily Math Puzzler books are included in my Math Problem Solving Bundle, along with Math Mindset Challenges and a Math Problem Solving Webinar. Click here to preview the entire bundle…

Spontaneity Brings Math to Life!

…an idea popped into my head. I walked out of the room, spun around and returned with a silly grin and a cuboid net in my hand. I didn’t say…

Free Fall Math Word Problem Puzzlers

…a little pizzazz, I called the word problems “Daily Math Puzzlers.” The Daily Math Puzzler program was so effective that I decided to create a resource for teachers with printables,…

Daily Report Homework Solution

…or planner and brings it to show me along with this Daily Report form. I complete the boxes by writing an S, N, or U to show how the student’s…

30 Free or Inexpensive Gift Ideas for Students

…you want to get fancy you could mount on construction paper. http://www.wordle.net Karen Esdale-Brown – I melt down the broken classroom crayons into Christmas cookie cutter shapes. Kerri Grooby –…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…system that works for you. Otherwise, you’ll find your book collection dwindling throughout the year. Wouldn’t you love to know how other teachers handle classroom library checkout? Read on to…

Going Marbles for STEM Hands-on Learning

…my Forces and Interactions science unit. I developed the activity to address the Next Generation Science Standard 3-PS2-1: “Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of…