…a strategy called Recharge & Write to encourage active participation and provide accountability. The basic concept is that students alternate between team discussion and independent written response. They first discuss…
…create teacher resources, so I offered to design a set of free classroom rules posters to go along with Chris’s blog series. That set featured clipart of young children, so…
Fluent readers sound more expressive when they read aloud, and they also comprehend the text far better than those who are not as fluent. This makes perfect sense when you…
…how it works. Plickers is a free program that’s a cross between hand-held “clickers” and paper QR codes. It’s an amazing formative assessment tool that provides academic performance data in…
…engineering challenges give students a safe place to experience failure and to learn from attempts that don’t work. When their first prototype doesn’t work, they just create a new one,…
…use to demonstrate this concept, and it’s a great way to sneak in a fraction lesson, too! Each student will use half an English muffin or sandwich round to create…
…after each card. Mix-Freeze-Pair Students mix around the room and stop when the teacher says, “Freeze.” Next, students find a partner and pair up. Then the teacher displays a task…
…we find the right balance between being friendly and setting clear expectations? Should we seat our students in rows or in cooperative learning teams on the first day of school?…
…year instead. In fact, I can think of at least six reasons that fall is the perfect time to teach poetry! If you agree and would like to learn more…
…and 5. I love collaborating with classroom teachers who are implementing innovative strategies to see how these methods actually work in real classrooms. So I’ve decided to create a free…
…I learned about Pay It Forward day, I created a free printable graphic organizer that teachers could use for teaching a lesson about the importance of kindness. I also created…
…read an article with information about various solutions that seem to work even better than salt water. Would you be believe some states are using substances like cheese brine and…
