Cooperative Learning Seating Options

If you’re new to using Cooperative Learning strategies, you might wonder how to seat your students so they are able to interact with each other without losing focus during direct…

Tips for Teaching Informational Text

…you is to give you the directions and graphic organizer as a freebie. Click this link to download your copy of this freebie. Before teaching the Informational Text Features Search…

The Power of Audio Books

…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…

Fun with Customary Measurement Conversions

…you’re not going to be able to convert cups to gallons without consulting a reference. Measurement Foldable Freebie  One way to deal with the problem is to have kids take…

Cooking Up a Caring Classroom

new standards require students to become actively engaged in their learning, often working with others to accomplish a task. If we don’t take time to teach kids to work together…

Teaching Kids to Express Appreciation

…their owners. This activity worked so beautifully with my students that I created these two freebies to share with you. You can use the Team Thanks gratitude before the Thanksgiving…

A “Smart” Way to Motivate Students

…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…

Solving the Hand Raising Problem

Advice from Real Teachers Today I’m excited to introduce a new blog series called Advice from Real Teachers. I’ll regularly I’ll post a call for teacher questions on my Facebook…