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…title and placed the paper drop at the front of the room. I asked my students to drop their completed assignment into the envelope. At the end of the class…
…title and placed the paper drop at the front of the room. I asked my students to drop their completed assignment into the envelope. At the end of the class…
…they can also create “word clouds” to display with their poetry. Be sure to allow time for students to share with the class! Bio Poems Made Easy If your students…
…a fraction games for these spinners! I’ll bet you could challenge your students to create their own fraction games, too! How would you use these spinners in your math class?…
…on the staff were especially ingenious. I’ll never forget the teacher who purchased my picture book, You’re Wonderful, for her eighth grade class. When I raised my eyebrow at the…
Have you used math stations or math centers in your classroom this year? If not, this is the perfect time to start! As you prepare for end-of-the-year tests, you need…
…caring classroom where bullying is not tolerated and students know that you will hold them to high standards of behavior and academic success. Visit the Caring Classroom page on Teaching…
…the book were from primary classrooms, and the strategy descriptions did not include enough detail for me to understand how to implement the program in an upper elementary classroom. Step-by-Step…
…islands with the class, they have to explain how those landforms might have been formed. We read books about weathering, erosion, and deposition, and even take walks outside to observe…
…a few years ago when I started using audio books with my struggling readers. I was using Classroom Book Clubs in my classroom on a regular basis, but I was…
Most teachers have heard of Literature Circles, or Classroom Book Clubs, but many find it difficult to add them to an already packed schedule. However, it’s worth finding time to…
…rectangle by calculating its area or perimeter, depending on the game played. My class loved it, so we decided that it needed a fun name. I remember Ryan piping up…
…to your caring classroom climate that you and your students work together to create a class family promise, or social contract, delineating the values that you all promise to practice….
