The Great Chicago Fire: Free Upper Elementary Resources
…Chicago Fire. I found the video on Sparky School House, a free site for educators hosted by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) that’s chock full of resources for teaching…
…Chicago Fire. I found the video on Sparky School House, a free site for educators hosted by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) that’s chock full of resources for teaching…
…rather you click over to Angela’s site to get the full details directly from her. This is a one year program, and the cost of joining is not much more…
…better chance your students will change their tune. Ask students to visit their local humane society’s web site and choose an adoptable animal to write a story about. Encourage them…
…as we go via my classroom website. If you do not have a classroom blog or website, another easy option is setting your Symbaloo as the home page for each…
…the Pay It Forward Foundation website. Read their How It Works page for specific activity ideas for your classroom. The site offers downloadable cards that you can print out and…
…along with the games. The item shown here is for a single classroom; I now have a school site license available as well. You can preview everything online before you…
…the Plickers.com website, sign up for a free account, and take a peek around the site. But before you do anything else, watch my free webinar, Interactive Teaching with Plickers….
…Sometimes the best thing to do is to shut your door and do what you do best… teach! Figure out exactly what you are required to do, and do what’s…
…content, but some structures are better than others for certain tasks. For example, some structures regulate interaction between pairs, some are best for team work, and others involve the entire…
…students learn best when they are able to engage in activities that take advantage of their strengths. Teachers have always intuitively known that kids learn in different ways, and Gardner’s…
…with my students, and I wasn’t very consistent in my approach. However, I’m a survivor and I was determined to do my best and stick it out. Everyone told me…
…it’s only prerequisite is that students can count. There’s no supplies needed to play and my kids loved playing this as a “brain-break” before math. Here’s how to play… Have…
