Interactive Teaching with Plickers (Free Webinar)

…FREE formative assessment tool that works like handheld response clicker programs, but it’s far cheaper because it doesn’t require expensive clicking devices. If you’ve heard about Plickers, you might be…

Book Character Day – Fun and Educational!

…activities. However, there’s fun and educational way to sneak in a dress-up activity if you can get it approved! Host a Book Character Day! Your students can dress up as…

Investigating How to Make Icy Roads Safer

…less slippery providing traction for the vehicles. Hands on Science Investigation and Research Ideas The Icy Road Investigation is a terrific way for students to explore these concepts. This hands-on…

Teach Kindness on Pay It Forward Day

…help them find safe ways to connect with others and make a difference. In some ways, taking time to teach this lesson now is YOUR way of paying it forward!…

How to Recharge Mathematical Thinking

…illustrating the strategy in some way. To Grade or Not to Grade? That is the Question! Most cooperative learning activities are just for practice and really shouldn’t be graded. In…

Easter Egg Showdown Review Game

…ready-to-use literacy activities, five ready-to-use math activities, and blank editable templates in PowerPoint format that you can use to create your own task cards. What an “eggsciting” way to review!…

Free Halloween Word Work – Seek & Spell Fun!

phonemic awareness and phonics lessons, there’s just not enough time for true spelling instruction in the upper grades. This is unfortunate because upper elementary students still need lots of practice…