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…

25 Bulletin Boards You Can Keep Up All Year

…Stephanie Borden – Instagram board. Take pictures all year long and post. Mike Allan – I do an “inspirational quotes” bulletin board for middle schoolers! Darby Gerke – Academic language…

Family Science Night: Hands-on, Minds-on Fun!

…also progress into various formats. For instance, students may share what they have learned from science class in stations using hands-on and inquiry based models, volunteers implement a variety of…

Take Procedural Writing to the Next “Step”

…shoe cabinet—Step One: Put the frame together. Step Two: Put the drawers together. Step Three: Install the cabinet. All thirty-seven little steps are still in there, now just neatly organized….

Out with Answer Keys – In with QR Codes!

…They’ve been popping up everywhere, from restaurant menus to PTA flyers. QR stands for “Quick Response” because scanning the code takes you to a new location instantly. But did you…

Solving the Hand Raising Problem

…something that you think absolutely CANNOT wait until I finish, raise your right hand (brief pause for the half-dozen hands to go up) and place it firmly over your mouth.”…

Fun Countdown Timers for the Classroom

…management skills improved after I had an interactive whiteboard installed in my classroom. I discovered that the built-in Smartboard timer app was a great help, and before long I also…

Fun Twist on Book Reports!

…board around the poster. Title the board, “Take A Look!” and you’ve just created an instant bulletin board display! Five Looks on a Book is such a quick and easy…