School Sticks for Summer Fun!

…the free School Sticks shown on the right. Implementing School Sticks A general rule for using School Sticks is to assign the child to read 30 minutes a day and…

Spontaneity Brings Math to Life!

…like the idea of having students create puppets from 3D shapes, feel free to use the patterns from this free assortment of 3D shape nets that I created to save…

Fun Games for Learning the 50 States

…and capitals practice. Online Interactive Games Online interactive games also work well, and it’s always a perk if you can find FREE online activities. I did a quick search and…

Tips for Grading Cooperative Learning Lessons

…each student was different, and it was based on their completed evaluation form as well as the more objective assessment of the actual product. Feel free to adapt the Team…

Investigating Gummy Bears

…do for their projects. I found a gummy bear lab that looked fun, but I wanted my students to follow a more complex scientific method model. I decided to create…

Show What You Know!

elements that make cooperative learning lessons successful. It has a clear structure, students participate equally, and all team members are held individually accountable for their own work. If you are…

Taming Blurters and Wanderers

…on. Hear those people yelling at each other over there? It’s Teaching Purgatory’s merry-go-round. Scolding doesn’t change behavior. If chastising a child transformed them into a model student, I’d write…

The Ancient Secret for Wise Decisions

…4. To download the free classroom rule posters described in this article, click here or on the Rule 4 poster image above. For more information on Rule 4 and WBT’s…