Heartfelt Causes & Effects
…in my book, Graphic Organizers for Reading: Teaching Tools Aligned with the Common Core, and titled it Heartfelt Causes & Effects. It decided to make it completely free, and if…
…in my book, Graphic Organizers for Reading: Teaching Tools Aligned with the Common Core, and titled it Heartfelt Causes & Effects. It decided to make it completely free, and if…
…has all fractions written in twelfths. Ask players to take turns spinning the spinner and recording the fraction. If it’s already in lowest terms, they score one point. If it…
…letter of the alphabet. In science, you might use this during a study of the the solar system. In social studies, it would work for community helpers or a historical…
…I’ve also found classroom economy systems to be very motivating for students. Several years ago I created the Classroom Economy Pack shown above to share these strategies with other educators….
…everything worked out as planned, I compiled all the directions and student printables in one packet to share with you. You’ll find this activity along with loads of other free…
…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…
…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…
…you have to follow up with an individual test or quiz. Other cooperative learning activities such as this electricity investigation allow students to explore concepts in an open-ended manner. I…
…do a guest post on her blog! Amy Alvis lives in Indianapolis, Indiana and teaches 5th and 6th grade math, science, and social studies. She is the creator of the…
…aloud to them. Choose books that you love, and read aloud with passion and expression. Get silly and change your voice to mimic the characters. (If you’re not comfortable doing…
What keeps cooperative learning from becoming chaotic? Structure, equal participation, and individual accountability! When all students are actively engaged, there’s no time for misbehavior and learning is multiplied! Individual dry…
…and additional resources about MI theory. Because the survey is a bit unusual, I recorded a slidecast that explains exactly how to administer it and score it; I hope you’ll…
