How to Form Cooperative Learning Teams

…each student’s team number in the box on the bottom of his or her card. To assign team numbers, start with the top row and call it Team 1. Write…

Making the Social Studies and Literacy Connection

…Day freebie on TpT during September and on my Social Studies page on Teaching Resources all year round. What’s the Truth? (Sorting Activity) Title: The Constitution of the United States…

6 Reasons to Teach Calculator Skills

…fairly solid understanding of numbers and what they mean. I don’t advocate giving them to young children who have not had time to develop number sense, because entering numbers into…

Mighty Math Tasks!

…will learn really quickly that one million is a really hard number to work with in this problem and will change to a smaller number. While the students were working,…

Fun Games for Learning the 50 States

…How to Play Find the States Showdown: The first Leader selects a number card from the State Numbers deck and announces the number to the team. Everyone looks at the…

What are Cooperative Learning Structures?

…Learning. It’s the best resource around for cooperative learning, and it clearly explains dozens of structures! Sample Structure: Numbered Heads Together Number students off from 1 to 4 within their…