Gifts for Santa’s Scientists

…are so clear you could easily pick it up 3 minutes before class and be ready to teach the lesson. I love how she has written Day 1 number 1,…

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…

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,…

Gearing Up for Next Generation Science

…you will be amazed at the number of engineering concepts that can easily be integrated into history, literature, and math. In literature, students could be challenged to: Design a house…

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…

Halting Back Talkers in Their Tracks!

…You need one rule that can’t be disputed. In 15 years in thousands of classrooms, we’ve never had a child convince their instructor that their disruptive behavior made the teacher…

Pumpkin Predictions Measurement Fun!

…the October Activities Pack and print out the chart from there. Pumpkin Predictions Procedure Have students number off around the team, and Person #1 becomes the first recorder. Each team…