Exploring 2-Digit Multiplication with Base Ten Blocks
Guest post by Dr. Shirley Disseler The way we do math has changed! The Common Core offers a new way to look at an old subject and encourages us to…
Guest post by Dr. Shirley Disseler The way we do math has changed! The Common Core offers a new way to look at an old subject and encourages us to…
What do you get when you cross response clickers with QR codes? Wait for it…. Plickers! Plickers is a free, totally innovative, web-based tool that combines the best of response…
…Beneficial New Challenges Each engineering challenge gives students something new to solve and more than likely, it is a challenge they have never tried before. Critical Thinking Skills Students aren’t…
…who’ve learned that mistakes are an important part of the growing process may still be reluctant to try something new or to tackle a challenging assignment. Similarly, students who’ve learned…
Imagine yourself as a student in a new classroom during the first week of school. Unless your teacher starts off with at least a few getting-to-know you activities, it might…
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…prefer. Then follow my step-by-step directions to guide your students through the activity. Be sure to read the management tip at the end to avoid making the newbie mistake that…
…match what we thought we knew about a topic. When students experience cognitive dissonance, they become eager to learn and open to new ideas, so it’s the perfect time to…
…to solve this problem?” Continue this process until everyone who wants to share a new strategy has had a chance to do so. If you don’t have time to finish…
…new platform that makes it easy for teachers to search for online resources and save them, upload photos and documents, organize resources by topic, share them with others, and so…
Field trips can be so much fun for students, and they definitely provide unique opportunities for kids to discover new places and to experience real world learning. But have you…
…but rather spaces strategically organized for students to use as resources throughout the year. This idea of “walls for learning” is not new one, but a key one for teachers…
