Cooperative Learning Seating Options
…instruction. There are many possible options, but one thing to consider is whether you want them to sit together all day long or just for certain activities. I described a…
…instruction. There are many possible options, but one thing to consider is whether you want them to sit together all day long or just for certain activities. I described a…
…a copy of the letter on Monday morning, and they would turn in their responses (in letter format) by Thursday. At the beginning of the year, we spent time reviewing…
…teacher find time for such a thing? Who would program it, run it, teach students about it? Where would it go? Why would I want to have one?” These were…
…might even have your week completely mapped out, with fire safety activities scheduled every day. But if you teach older kids, you might be thinking, “Fire safety? That’s not in…
…much time to savor the enjoyment of poetry. If you wait until the week before testing to teach poetry, you’ll be tempted to skip the poetry writing (no time for…
…remarkable! Here’s how it worked. Each Monday, I gave my students a worksheet with four word problems. They solved one problem each day Monday through Thursday, and they had to…
…figure out the meanings of new words by the context clues around them. Then the next day, before you begin reading aloud, do a quick review of the previous day’s…
…important to spend some time preparing students for the structure of a standardized test. Today, I’m going to share one way that I accomplished that in my third grade classroom….
…grow as writers, students must learn what works best for them (How do I best organize my thoughts? How thoroughly do I need to plan? How long does it take…
…expert because she reads and edits project proposals which means she knows exactly how to write them so they have the best chance of getting funded. She’s been using DonorsChoose…
…of a shape is sometimes tricky for the students. Especially when most of the time the work the students are doing is from a text book. In an effort to…
What do you know about Whole Brain Teaching (WBT)? Until a few months ago, I didn’t have a clue, although I had seen the term several times. Then I started…
