A Tribute to Francie, the Heart of Caring Classrooms

…weekly Fundday Sunday contests, announcing contest winners, and answering questions about how to get projects funded. She loved interacting with teachers on Facebook, and she especially loved helping “newbies” get…

Cooperative Learning – More Than Group Work

…opportunity to talk. To equalize participation in team discussions, try one of these strategies: Around the Team – Place students in teams of 4 or 5 and have them number off…

How to Track Oral Reading Fluency

…not as fluent. Then I showed them how to time each other for one minute as they read aloud, and how to help each other calculate the average number of…

Teaching with Dry Erase Boards

…NC! The good news for everyone else is that you can still download your free copy of Teaching with Dry Erase Boards! __________________ Today is my birthday, but instead of…

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

…events in Dr. King’s life and his impact on the civil rights movement in a way that’s very easy to understand. BrainPOP.com has a number of resources to go along…

Multiple Intelligence Theory and Growth Mindset

Dr. Howard Gardner first proposed Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory over 40 years ago, suggesting that IQ is not one-dimensional, and that it can’t be described by a single number. Instead,…

Solving Unknown Perimeter Mysteries

…said, “Last year I got every one wrong when you had to find the missing number. This is much easier to figure out because it goes one part at a…