Plickers Made Easy with Task Cards

Have you tapped into the power of Plickers yet? Plickers is a free, interactive tech tool that uses printable “paper clickers” instead of clicker devices. Each student is assigned a…

Interactive Teaching Made Easy

Teaching interactively is at the heart of effective instruction, but sometimes interactive teaching methods can seem like a lot of work to plan and implement. I’m conducting a series of…

Interactive Whiteboards and Web Tools

…you use it with your students. Interactive Fraction Bar program Information about how to use the program View the Interactive Fraction Bar video demo here. It’s an MOV file and…

A “Smart” Way to Motivate Students

…class. It’s called Build-an-Ice Cream Student Motivator, and I created it to use on the Smartboard. This is a great strategy, especially if students need something fresh and new to…

How to Get Kids to Slow Down with Their Work

…It’s very efficient. I teach fifth grade, so I don’t know if it would work with younger students, but I would think that it would. Angela Boykin-Schoppe – I make…

5 Ways to Make Your Students Smile

…I did? You guessed it! I smiled. I was happy to know that I personally brought him a moment of happiness. It was so unexpected to hear someone actually tell…

Plickers 102: Innovative Ways to Use Plickers

…hooked on Plickers when I tested it out at home. That’s when I truly understood how it worked and and saw its enormous potential. Since then, I’ve been enthusiastically sharing…

Fraction Predict and Compare Partner Activity

No doubt about it … comparing fractions is tough for kids, especially when those fractions have different denominators! In fact, some might argue that this skill is too challenging for…