Interactive Whiteboards and Web Tools

…the recording of a webinar hosted by Laura Candler featuring five terrific educators and their favorite web tools. Presenters include Joan Young, Paula Naugle, Erin Klein, Suzy Brooks, and Lisa…

Green Court Claims Freebie

…excellent jumping-off point for a lesson on writing persuasive essays. If you use the lesson, I’d love for you to return and leave a comment to share how it worked…

Bio Poems for President’s Day

…to be free for my email subscribers. (Click the Freebies link in the menu to sign up.) This lesson includes complete directions for the basic poetry writing assignment, as well…

Take Procedural Writing to the Next “Step”

…are embedded. Be on the lookout for skills like determining importance, summarizing, finding main ideas and details, and of course, sequencing. In “practice-what-you-preach” style, here are the three main steps…

A Dozen Fun Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

…Learning When the weather turns warm and sunny, everyone longs to be outside. Many activities like reading, writing poetry, doing science experiments, or playing math games can be taken outside….

Teaching Kids to Express Appreciation

…of appreciation on the cards. Let them know upfront that you expect everyone to write kind comments and that you will be reading what they write. While they are writing

Teachers, Help MrOwl Help YOU!

…or need help with MrOwl, click on the Help menu in the navigation bar to access the help pages. Were you able to find the answers there? If not, make…

Halting Back Talkers in Their Tracks!

…your kids, “It doesn’t take presents, or anything material, to keep me happy. I only want one thing, one thing in all the universe, and that’s seeing you learn. Your…

25 Bulletin Boards You Can Keep Up All Year

…I’ll never have to take it down. Joan Armstrong – I put up monthly calendars and we put examples of work, notes, birthdays, newsletter articles. Year at a glance, we…