Green Companies? Let the Jury Decide!

…them to ship those jars? I know I’m making inferences, but it sounds to me like they have switched to plastic to save themselves money. Yet they are promoting the…

Pay It Forward and Make Someone’s Day!

…the next day to share their experiences. If you use Google Classroom, you might prefer the paperless Google Slides version of the Pay It Forward Day graphic organizer. After your…

Fun Twist on Book Reports!

…Stephanie Schifini compiled and alphabetized the list. Thanks, Adrienne and Stephanie! If you use this activity with students, I recommend having your own students brainstorm adjectives for books before showing…

Green Court Claims Freebie

…the packet. The first time I shared Green Court Claims, it was completely untested in the classroom. The only reason I shared it without testing it was because Earth Day…

How to Create a Classroom Yearbook

…page dimensions and format you want them to use and share the file with them. After they create their individual pages and submit them to you, combine the pages into…

Drama Circles: Cooperative Learning FUN!

…given a card or two containing directions to perform or lines to speak. It is similar to the “I have … who has?” game because students need to listen to…

Power Reading Workshop and The Daily 5

…for students in grades 2 through 6 who are already minimally proficient in reading. The D5 program can be modified for use with these age groups, too, but the examples…

Fun Countdown Timers for the Classroom

…and didn’t notice the time passing, the online timer would let us know when time was up. I love these timers because they’re fun as well as effective for classroom…

Awakened: Hope for the Year Ahead

…I devoured it in a matter of days. Actually, I had to force myself to slow down while reading it, because there was so much wisdom on every single page…

Falling in Love … With a Poem

…words to create their poems because something touched them deeply. Amazed them. Tickled them. They write because they want to share these feelings with others. They write—as I do—because we…

Book Character Day – Fun and Educational!

…dress up, too! Unfortunately, I didn’t have a picture of myself from our Book Character Day to share. So Melissa Mazur of Learning Lab Resources graciously let me use the…