Cooking Up a Caring Classroom
…in our classrooms with unique social, physical, and emotional needs that can’t be ignored. The key to teaching the whole child is fostering a caring classroom environment while upholding high…
…in our classrooms with unique social, physical, and emotional needs that can’t be ignored. The key to teaching the whole child is fostering a caring classroom environment while upholding high…
…few moments. With that number in mind, you can choose your new “target” number of hours you’d like to work, and it doesn’t have to be 40 hours. (Even though…
…will be to objectively determine the number of hours you’re currently working and to set your own weekly target number. Your target number might be just a few hours a…
…can gradually wean them off calculators completely. When Should Calculators Be Introduced? I introduced calculator skills early in the year because my students were 5th graders who had developed a…
…because the focus of these tasks is about the mathematical process. As long as the students do the math correctly, they can use any number they want. Of course you…
…a word or number in plain text format. This opens up all kinds of possibilities, but the one I want to address is how QR codes can solve the answer…
…smoothly and effectively. I’ve tried group points, individual strategies, treats, moving desks around (a lot), classroom bucks, phone calls to parents (both positive and when students are struggling) and many,…
…Saturday morning. All of the audio recordings and documents are also stored in your 40 HTW Club account online so you can access them at any time. You can read…
Did you know that October 5th is Do Something Nice Day? Google it and you’ll see! What a great time to teach your kids how to be a good citizen…
…phonemic awareness and phonics lessons, there’s just not enough time for true spelling instruction in the upper grades. This is unfortunate because upper elementary students still need lots of practice…
…don’t have key words that you can underline, and circling the numbers won’t help because you might not even need all the numbers to solve the problem! These types of…
…with jelly beans than just graph them! In fact, you can turn a fun candy-themed lesson into a powerful learning activity by sneaking in some challenging academic content! Jelly Bean…
