How to Recharge Mathematical Thinking

…can create your own worksheets, or use math word problem worksheets from the one of the books in the Daily Math Puzzler series. The worksheets are divided into quadrants, and…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

…ALICE website: www.alicetraining.com. Julia is nationally recognized as an award-winning children’s book author and parenting expert. She holds a Master’s Degree in Elementary School Counseling, and while serving as a…

Hands On Geometry – Part II

…to create a net, measure each side, find the area of each side, and add it all together. Volume Back to the food again! Using the marshmallows (they are cheap…

12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…and adventure, like a movie that you can take with you. I spent my first 25 years as a teacher in a quest for the perfect way to teach reading,…

Valentine Candy Hearts Math Investigation

…at cheap prices. Your students won’t mind a bit if Valentine’s Day has already passed! Valentine Hearts Data Analysis Freebie If you’d like to use this activity with your students,…

Teaching Informational Text with Magazines

…available through Amazon.com, so you can create a DonorsChoose.org proposal for a variety of children’s magazines. The prices range between $15 and $33 per subscription, so you could request up…

3 Mindful Classroom Teaching Strategies

…coupons to give to their friends and one student a day writes a compliment to the VIP on the whiteboard daily as part of our morning message. Once they understand…

How to Form Cooperative Learning Teams

…is the most effective size for several reasons. A four-person team allows for many different kinds of interactions. The group can work as a team, or it can be broken…

What are Cooperative Learning Structures?

Structures are very specific strategies that can be used to organize interactions between students who are working in cooperative learning teams. Most structures can be used with almost any academic…