Why No One Reads Your Classroom Newsletter
…Breaking paragraphs into bullet points also helps. The other meaning of “long” is more literal: Magazine designers know that long lines of type are harder to read, and they try…
…Breaking paragraphs into bullet points also helps. The other meaning of “long” is more literal: Magazine designers know that long lines of type are harder to read, and they try…
…important steps. After the first time playing, I rarely need to remind them of missed steps because they help each other remember! Memory Game Freebies If you’d like to use…
…on their progress Let your students help develop assessment rubrics so they understand how they are being graded Conduct student-led conferences Each of these ideas is covered in Chapter 15…
…something that your student teacher will treasure for years? Or will it be something practical to help the teacher-to-be land a job or set up a new classroom? Last week…
…part on a different color paper to help students distinguish between them. Gallon Robot to the Rescue includes cooperative learning activities, math center games, word problems, printables, teacher demonstration pages,…
…little activity to look forward to, and it helps get through the DRA testing, fact fluency assessment, end-of-year math assessment, and all of the other assessments that are done at…
…a class handbook is a real time-saver when you get a new student. It’s a nice way to welcome the child and to help him or her feel more comfortable…
…system, you can download a free set of directions and a picture of the stoplight bulletin board to help you remember what to do. One reason I like this method…
…will love watching your students work together and think critically as they engineer their tower! Sarah Wiggins blogs at More Than a Worksheet. She strives to help teachers incorporate creativity,…
…pretests don’t provide enough information to help us answer those questions, let alone know where to begin instruction. Many tests are so challenging that kids who’ve been out of school…
Free Webinar for Teachers! Click here for the replay! Do you know about DonorsChoose.org? It’s an amazing organization that helps public school teachers in the U.S. get funding for their…
…classroom, I enlisted the help of about 20 teachers in grades 2 through 5 to give me feedback about the program and to test it with kids. I wanted to…
