Tips for Teaching with Math Games
…practicing new skills or reviewing previously-learned content. Math games are extremely versatile and can be used in cooperative learning teams, in small group instruction, or in math centers. The key…
…practicing new skills or reviewing previously-learned content. Math games are extremely versatile and can be used in cooperative learning teams, in small group instruction, or in math centers. The key…
…experiencing a problem when it came to book selection. Many of my 5th graders were signing up to be in groups with difficult books that I knew they couldn’t read…
…her years. Everyone was always amazed at the paintings that Issy would create with very little effort. Issy wanted to draw all the time and would always proudly present members…
…lifesaver when my family moved from New Hampshire to North Carolina. I love living in the South now, but it was definitely culture shock at the time! Writing poetry enabled…
…new teams, and sometimes they didn’t want to change teams after they read the comments from their teammates! If you want to do this activity later in the year, you…
Guest blog post by Jen Kimbrell My job as an instructional technology facilitator provides me the opportunity to assist teachers in infusing technology into the curriculum. I am fortunate enough…
…class. It’s called Build-an-Ice Cream Student Motivator, and I created it to use on the Smartboard. This is a great strategy, especially if students need something fresh and new to…
…writing Discovering Decimals Through Cooperative Learning. Having been thoroughly trained in Kagan strategies, I knew every structure inside and out. So I was baffled when a cooperative learning activity I…
…manage them. This process develops mindfulness and self-regulation because students are harnessing the overlapping social –emotional brain and the regulatory. Drink Water every 20-30 minutes. Before a new activity and…
…with a stopwatch. Then, as you gasp in delight, watch as your kids race to set new, transition records. Doesn’t this make sense? The more you rehearse any procedure, and…
…it portrayed their poem. I think the end results were amazing! We learned new poetry concepts, analyzed classic poems, visualized, painted, and reflected on our artwork and how it related…
…to use some of our new vocabulary. As students were planning, I allowed them to brainstorm with their table groups their long list of steps for the left side of…
