12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…You can also use kid-safe social networking sites like Edmodo.com and Kidblog.org to get online discussions going about books. If you want to know more about Literature Circles, check out…

The True Cost of Free Teaching Resources

…pages! I launched Teaching Resources over 15 years ago with a free online file cabinet to share printables and resources that I had developed for my classroom. Those freebies are…

Show What You Know!

…that it was a brand new cooperative learning structure! He named it Showdown, which was perfect! In this activity, students record responses on individual dry erase boards, and when the…

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…

Hands-on Geometry – Part I

…I have done with nets is to give the students a piece of paper and let them create the nets. Kids must figure out that the circles on a cylinder…

Teaching Kids to Express Appreciation

…want to do this activity later in the year, you can download a generic card called Our Team Rocks. I hope your students enjoy it as much as mine did!…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…can read the reviews on Amazon to see what you think. In the image on the right, the Intelliscanner is shown at the top, and the cheaper, generic scanner is…

Winning a Million – Math Lessons and More!

…students read the article. You can find the article online here on the Fayetteville Observer website. Then ask them to complete a “What’s the Scoop?” graphic organizer to uncover the…