Teachers, Help MrOwl Help YOU!

…MrOwl smart phone app from Apple iTunes or Google Play, and test out the mobile version of the platform. Find Laura Candler on MrOwl and follow me! If this is…

3 Mindful Classroom Teaching Strategies

…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,…

Plickers 102: Innovative Ways to Use Plickers

…what I’m learning about Plickers with other educators. If you aren’t familiar with Plickers, read my original post, Plickers 101: Digital Exit Tickets and More, to get an overview of…

Free Halloween Word Work – Seek & Spell Fun!

…in Google Classroom, but if you don’t use Google Classroom, you can download them as PowerPoint files and assign them in other learning management programs. If you’d like to give…

Classroom Awards Make Kids Feel Special!

…Digital Google Doc Awards: Click each link and you’ll be prompted to make an editable copy of the certificate in your own Google drive. After you customize it, you can…

Teach Kindness on Pay It Forward Day

…a paperless Google Slides version for Google Classroom that’s also perfect for distance learning. I left out the official Pay It Forward date of April 28th to make it easy…

15 Tips for Lining Up Your Class

…Young: Alpha by last name, alpha by first name, month of birth, table number (prime, composite, factors of x number, multiple of y number), rows, columns, how far they got…

What are Cooperative Learning Structures?

…Learning. It’s the best resource around for cooperative learning, and it clearly explains dozens of structures! Sample Structure: Numbered Heads Together Number students off from 1 to 4 within their…