Gifts for Santa’s Scientists

…for keeping students on task during the busy week right before the holidays. Before you read the rest of this post, click this preview link and scroll through the document…

Solving the Hand Raising Problem

…submit a teacher question, visit the Teaching Resources Facebook page and look for the link in the sidebar. Great Questions + Advice from Real Teachers = The Question Connection! Enjoy!…

5 Math Games Every Classroom Needs to Play

…it’s only prerequisite is that students can count. There’s no supplies needed to play and my kids loved playing this as a “brain-break” before math. Here’s how to play… Have…

Penguin Fractions = Fraction Fun!

…welcome email will include a link to a page of freebies where you can find this resource. Field Tested, Teacher Approved One reason I’m excited about these new resources is…

Investigating Gummy Bears

…lab sheet. If you didn’t download the lab sheets for this lesson, you can click this link to download them now. Thank you to Laura Candler for allowing me to…

The Power of Audio Books

…them there. I’ve created a collection of Literature Circle resource pages on my website that include book recommendations in many categories, including Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, and Realistic Fiction. Each…

Tips for Teaching Informational Text

…you is to give you the directions and graphic organizer as a freebie. Click this link to download your copy of this freebie. Before teaching the Informational Text Features Search…

Host a Classroom Scrabble Tournament!

…the following resources to be helpful. The first link goes to the directions I wrote for how I set up a Scrabble tournament in my own classroom. The other links…