7 DonorsChoose Tips for Success

for your classroom by using DonorsChoose. We’re excited to announce that we’ve been invited to do a new DonorsChoose webinar as guests on the Classroom 2.0 Live show! It will…

The Secret to Lightning Fast Classroom Transitions

…the fundamentals of Whole Brain Teaching, we had no problem agreeing that Rule 1, for classroom management, should be “Follow directions quickly!” Slow transitions from reading to writing to math…

Taming Blurters and Wanderers

…take a classroom disruption, blurting or wandering, and transform it into a classroom unifier. Whenever a rule is broken, a rule is strengthened. That’s the way it is, my friends,…

Is Your Classroom ELL-Friendly?

Guest post by Deb Hanson of Crafting Connections Do you have any ELLs in your classroom this year? According to the National Center for Education Statistics, an estimated 4.4 million…

3 Strategies to Conquer Math Word Problems

Guest post by Kady Dupre Here’s a word problem for you: Miss Friday’s class does a daily word problem. Ten of her students are great at word problems involving addition,…

Getting Started with Whole Brain Teaching

…to keep instruction on track. Right away, students learn the 5 “classroom-transforming” rules shown on the right. Last summer, Chris Biffle, the founder of the Whole Brain Teaching movement, offered…

Spelling Stories – Creativity Unleashed!

classmates. If you have a class blog or website, post the stories online for everyone to read there. Morning meetings and author sharing times are great opportunities for sharing, too….

Adult Coloring – Art Therapy for Teachers!

…they need opportunities to color material with smaller areas and shapes to match their more advanced fine motor skills. As much as we use our phones, other mobile devices, and…