5 Ways to Make Your Students Smile
…the rewards of the smiles will be worth it. Use humor in the classroom. I think humor is one of the best ways to build community in the classroom, and…
…the rewards of the smiles will be worth it. Use humor in the classroom. I think humor is one of the best ways to build community in the classroom, and…
…can purchase February Activities on TpT, but my email subscribers can get it for free by clicking on the link in the welcome message that goes to the freebies page….
…for the apples, use round objects like pennies or bingo chips, or they could even use real apples! Ready to take Apple Peeling Challenge #1 to another level? Applying the…
…how it works. Plickers is a free program that’s a cross between hand-held “clickers” and paper QR codes. It’s an amazing formative assessment tool that provides academic performance data in…
…were encouraged to write poetry, you probably wrote free verse. Free verse poems are so easy to write that almost anyone can compose them, even kids who normally struggle to…
…spelling words used in the story. You may use other forms your spelling words, but be sure to spell them and use them correctly. Creativity Unleashed Most spelling lists include…
…be used as a consequence for individual student misbehavior. It’s never fair to punish the whole class when one student acts out. I recommend the Stoplight Management system to address individual discipline…
…meant to be all inclusive, so feel free to add your own suggestions in a comment on this post. Also, sometimes a strategy serves two purposes because it increases the…
…ideas for using the free fraction spinners to create your own fraction games. The directions are for two players; partner games are generally more effective than team games because students…
…practicing new skills or reviewing previously-learned content. Math games are extremely versatile and can be used in cooperative learning teams, in small group instruction, or in math centers. The key…
…help teachers achieve work/life balance, which will free up TIME to achieve ALL of the important goals in your life! Her new Fast Track course is a 6-week condensed version…
…tell that the students who were using these audio materials regularly were becoming better readers! They weren’t just becoming better listeners – their reading comprehension and fluency skills were improving,…