15 Super Gifts for Student Teachers!

…I still have these books and precious memories in my class today. Shauna Isenhour – My cooperating teacher and class painted a chair for me with the kids handprints! I…

Getting Started with Whole Brain Teaching

…I frequently get requests for a set that has older students. Today I created a brand new set of posters using the adorable characters from Whimsy Workshop Teaching. These children…

Fraction Spinners Make Fractions Fun!

…to my Fractions File Cabinet page, but I didn’t include directions or suggestions for activities. Today I’d like to share some ideas for using these fraction spinners, and I’d love…

Plickers 102: Innovative Ways to Use Plickers

…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…

Math is More Than a Numbers Game

…tests consisted of page after page of computation, but today’s math tests require students to read challenging word problems and understand precise mathematical terminology in order find the solution. For…

Task Cards 101

Today I’m trading blogs with Rachel Lynette of Minds in Bloom. I wrote a blog post for her on Cooperative Math Problem Solving, and she wrote this one for me!…

Teach Kindness on Pay It Forward Day

…world a little brighter. You’ll be glad to learn that those who give to others also benefit personally from paying it forward! According to Psychology Today, random acts of kindness…