Task Cards 101

…cards lately, but are unsure about how to utilize them in your classroom? Well, then I have some good news for you! First, it is easier than you might think,…

Math Games Make Learning Fun!

…A few years later, I gave the game a makeover, and it now has a pirate theme which your students will LOVE! The updated version of Island Conquer is free…

Falling in Love … With a Poem

…was no longer in a classroom with adults; I was nine years old again, running down the street to my special rock. (Read the rest of the poem and learn…

Caring Classrooms Community on DonorsChoose

…open spots on our page. I hope you’ll join me in becoming a member of the Caring Classrooms Community on DonorsChoose. Over the years, I received several thousand dollars worth…

Tips for Grading Cooperative Learning Lessons

…with this dilemma for a few years, I created the Team Project Evaluation Form shown below as a way of evaluating the participation of individual team members in group projects….

Learning Goals in Workstations

…the power it’s had in my classroom. Thanks to Laura for the opportunity to share these ideas with you! Brenda Frady has been teaching primary grades for 9 years, and…

Is Your Classroom ELL-Friendly?

…upon these strategies! What other ELL-friendly strategies do you use in your classroom? Deb Hanson has taught 16 years in a school district in Nebraska. She has taught second grade,…

Building EQ While Expanding IQ

…to increase students’ emotional awareness! I have always had a strong belief that a high EQ (emotional quotient) is much more important than IQ (intelligence quotient). In recent years, there…

The Magic Solution to Missing Assignments

for free. Convincing Administrators Over the years I did have a few principals who needed to be convinced that the 30 minutes we devoted to Fun Friday were not wasted….