30 Free or Inexpensive Gift Ideas for Students

…you want to get fancy you could mount on construction paper. http://www.wordle.net Karen Esdale-Brown – I melt down the broken classroom crayons into Christmas cookie cutter shapes. Kerri Grooby –…

Pay It Forward and Make Someone’s Day!

…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…

Now’s the Time for Math Stations!

…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…

Free Fall Math Word Problem Puzzlers

…show how they solved each problem in the space provided. Friday was reserved for discussing the more challenging problems and for more in-depth problem solving lessons. To give the program…

Field Trips – Follow Up on the Fun!

…the main differences being the the clip art and the amount of space between the lines. Both forms are available in color and black and white, so choose the option…

Take Procedural Writing to the Next “Step”

…main step’s title—I would still have space to add details to each main step when I wrote my final instructions in the mini-book. Step Two: Students plan their instructions. Students…

Is Your Classroom ELL-Friendly?

…of it. Use your wall space as learning tools! 2. Do you use graphic organizers? Venn diagrams, flow charts, and Tcharts all assist ELLs learn content because the visual arrangement…

Checking for Understanding with Exit Tickets

…students in one space. I always find this to be a very effective tool in the classroom because the students are required to take a position and explain their rationale…