Managing Whole Group Instruction

…have them pull a tag on your Stoplight board or use your existing management system. The colors just provide a visual reminder of your expectations. Assign a student to change…

Favorite Read Alouds for November

…students and work well with many fall-related activities. If you need ready-to-use lessons, activities, and printables to go with these books, check out my November Activities Mini Pack on TpT….

Team Scoot – A New Twist on an Old Favorite

…discussion and interaction that leads to higher level thinking and processing? When do the answers get checked? Does the teacher take the student papers home to check? If so, when…

Field Trips – Follow Up on the Fun!

…you and parent volunteers to identify your students quickly in a crowd. To learn more, read Boost Class Spirit with Tie-Dyed T-Shirts. Your students will love designing their own T-shirts,…

The True Cost of Free Teaching Resources

Every so often someone posts a comment like this on my Teaching Resources Facebook page: “I miss the days when teachers shared their resources for free in the spirit of…

Make Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Work for You!

spirit is finally appreciated and the student just blossoms under your attention. If the self-fulfilling prophecy is really at work in the universe, let’s make sure it’s working in our…

How to Teach Social Skills, Step by Step

…Turns Rallytable, Pairs Check, Roundtable Using Quiet Voices Think-Pair-Share, Numbered Heads Together, Showdown Staying on Task Rallytable, Roundtable, Pairs Check, Showdown, Mix-N-Match Helping or Coaching Rallytable, Pairs Check, Showdown, Mix-N-Match…

A Dozen Fun Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

…implement. If you’re looking for math centers in particular, be sure to check out my resources for implementing math stations or math centers. Cooperative Learning Cooperative learning activities are naturally…