Going Marbles for STEM Hands-on Learning

…together again. Each kit includes 125 translucent plastic pieces and 20 marbles, so it was easy to make sure every group had essential pieces to create their marble run. I…

Using Grocery Flyers To Practice Math Skills

…partner. Planning—find a recipe and plan a meal. Then figure out the cost of the items. Graphing and Data—use the prices or types of items as data to create tables,plots,…

Teaching Kids to Express Appreciation

…to play soft instrumental or holiday music to set the tone. Here are the step-by-step directions: Choose the appropriate type of card depending on the season of the year. Give…

Teaching Informational Text with Magazines

…available through Amazon.com, so you can create a DonorsChoose.org proposal for a variety of children’s magazines. The prices range between $15 and $33 per subscription, so you could request up…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…teachers responded, so I compiled the best answers and removed duplicates. I organized all of the checkout systems into two categories: technology systems and traditional systems. There’s also a third…

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 –…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

…it had a hole in it…a big, empty hole. Our world can be so cruel. I made eye contact with one of the teachers. Her eyes screamed “There’s a hole…

DonorsChoose: A Jackpot of Classroom Funding!

Free Webinar for Teachers! Click here for the replay! Do you know about DonorsChoose.org? It’s an amazing organization that helps public school teachers in the U.S. get funding for their…

A Dozen Fun Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

…it here.) Then each student wrote a letter divided into those three paragraphs. Brainstorming in this way helped them to organize their letters in a logical sequence. My students loved…