6 Reasons to Teach Poetry in the Fall

prep pressure by introducing poetry early in the school year. You know what I mean. Test prep mania starts somewhere between January and April, depending on your state testing calendar….

6 Tips for Making the Most of Math Homework

…still struggling with the concept.Someone once told me that the saying, “Practice makes perfect,” isn’t completely correct. If you practice something incorrectly, it’s worse than not practicing at all! Only…

3D Printers – New Dimensions in Learning!

…I share how it impacted our classroom. It’s not really a printer in the normal sense of the word because it doesn’t create 2-dimensional images on a piece of paper….

Investigating Gummy Bears

…lab sheet. If you didn’t download the lab sheets for this lesson, you can click this link to download them now. Thank you to Laura Candler for allowing me to…

Teaching Kids How to Write Super Sentences

…super sentences. I began by teaching them the difference between fragments, run-ons, and complete sentences. Then we practiced revising and expanding basic “kernel” sentences to make them more interesting. Kernel…

How to Teach Social Skills, Step by Step

…I knew you could do it! Way to go! I like the way you… 4. Practice the Skill After you complete the Working Together Skills chart with your students,  it’s…