Exploring the Scientific Method with Toy Cars
…equipment, pull-back cars, toy cars, marbles, balloon rockets, yo-yos, and spinning tops. During our study of force, my 5th grade classes completed a 2 day experiment using the scientific method…
…equipment, pull-back cars, toy cars, marbles, balloon rockets, yo-yos, and spinning tops. During our study of force, my 5th grade classes completed a 2 day experiment using the scientific method…
…been plucking your last nerve all day? As an assistant. Your interventionist is not there to make copies, pass out papers, or go grab your lunch. How to maximize time…
…new winner will be randomly selected each day for 10 days. At the time of each drawing, one of two prizes will be awarded. If a spot on the Caring…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…top. If you have an uneven number of students or if someone is absent, write your own name at the top of one printable and take part in the activity….
…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…
…the total number of people involved grows exponentially, as illustrated in the chart below. We had a lot of fun keeping track of the people as the story went on,…
…backpacks and noticed when people “cringed”. They loved it! 2. Model classroom discourse! Hearing and using rich language serves a number of purposes–from modeling sophisticated language to showing that…
…with the new way to use place value to multiply two-digit numbers using manipulatives. First the teacher should provide a hands-on practice time so that students begin to get comfortable…
