How to Get Kids to Slow Down with Their Work
…and why. Emphasize quality of work and expectations. 2) Have a turn-in tub “timer.” Don’t “open” the tub until you think the appropriate amount of time has passed. 3) Circulate…
…and why. Emphasize quality of work and expectations. 2) Have a turn-in tub “timer.” Don’t “open” the tub until you think the appropriate amount of time has passed. 3) Circulate…
…my answer.” An explanation like that hardly qualifies as “math talk”! Rich Math Tasks Rich math tasks, on the other hand, are usually more open-ended and can be solved in…
…to Work Smarter and Keep the Joy in Teaching. Small Daily Changes Lead to BIG Results! As I’m sure you are aware, change isn’t always easy and it doesn’t happen…
…or CD version of your textbooks and worksheets? You can access these and then save the page as a JPG (picture format) to your drive or desktop. Next, open Google…
…transitions and bingo … your kids will be bouncing off the walls. Ponder these truths. Kids open their books slowly because we never take time to teach them to open…
…– After completing a lesson, assess with a series of Plickers questions instead of paper exit tickets. You won’t have to print new exit tickets each day, and you can…
…and drink in hand, you are ready. The lights dim, and the movie commences. You begin to watch the opening scene and here’s what you hear: “Welcome to this movie….
…several changes that may impact your purchases. When you buy Boom Cards from TpT, you know that each product includes a link that you must click to “redeem” the deck…
…experience of being responsible for several dozen students for 6 or 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. Some things you have to figure out on your own, but…
…she turns to in the book. 8. Parent Survey at Open House Angela Sievers shared that she recently used Plickers to conduct a parent survey during open house. She said…
…how our state wanted math tasks to be: open-ended, higher-level, and engaging. This idea fascinated me! Our state had recently adopted the Common Core State Standards, and the level of…
…to change her name to an American name. Her class decides that they want to help figure out an American name so make a name jar, putting in all different…
