Sweet Statistics: Jelly Bean Data Analysis

…lesson extension ideas.  Explore Fractions, Decimals, and Percents After having your students sort and count jelly beans by color, ask them to represent the number of each color as a fractional

What are Cooperative Learning Structures?

…structures, Numbered Heads Together, along with suggestions for using it in your classroom. To learn more about the structural approach and how to use each strategy, read his book, Cooperative…

Teachers, Help MrOwl Help YOU!

…was demonstrating how to use MrOwl in your role as an educational professional and how to use it in your classroom with students. Teachers, Help MrOwl Help YOU! One thing…

Quiet Signals and Timers

…learning explorations, you can learn many management strategies that will help you all day long. The most important strategy of all is a good quiet signal. Perhaps “quiet signal” isn’t…

Fraction Predict and Compare Partner Activity

…3rd and 4th graders, which might be true if they have to find least common denominators. But if kids develop fraction number sense instead of memorizing algorithms, they will blow…

PE Resources and Ideas for Regular Ed Teachers

…interesting ideas to help the regular ed teacher with physical education classes. Take a look: 1. Kristal Hart Shanahan: My daughter’s elementary PE teacher does stations. She does shoot hoops,…

15 Tips for Lining Up Your Class

…Young: Alpha by last name, alpha by first name, month of birth, table number (prime, composite, factors of x number, multiple of y number), rows, columns, how far they got…