Plickers 102: Innovative Ways to Use Plickers

…some of the most innovative and interesting ways teachers are using Plickers. 1. Team Plickers Showdown Have you ever thought of using Plickers as a part of a cooperative learning…

5 Engaging Ways to Introduce New Content

…excited about the new information they are about to learn. Here are just a few of the ways that you can hook your learners right from the start. 1. Introduce…

Weekend App Attack: 3 Great Classroom Apps!

…which involves one digit numbers. For third through fifth grade teachers, the Medium and Hard levels involve two digit numbers, and the Expert level involves three digit numbers. You can…

Supporting Self-Regulation in the Classroom

…daily Repetition – Builds neural pathways that become habits Reflection – Noticing sensations strengthens neural pathways Research – Support kids in becoming prescriptive with which tools work best for them…

Interactive Teaching Made Easy

…time to teach vocabulary in an already packed math curriculum. Fortunately, there are many easy yet powerful ways to integrate math vocabulary instruction into your existing lessons, and most of…

5 Ways to Help Students Become Word Collectors

…a much higher academic success rate. Although it is certainly possible to explicitly teach vocabulary, I love to incorporate “word collecting” in everything we do. I have 5 ways for…

Mighty Math Tasks!

…question! Each group has to reasonably estimate how many students would be at a sleepover party. 3? 6? 10? It really doesn’t matter what number the students come up with…