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…

Poetry: A Common Core Dilemma

…poetry websites, and two poetry ebooks that will make it easy to foster a love of poetry in your classroom. As April wraps up, let’s remember that poetry is too…

Symbaloo: A Tool for Paperless Teaching

…some awesome websites, games, ebooks, and videos in this collection: I have set this webmix up so that each link opens in a separate window or tab. I prefer to…

5 Reasons to Use Nearpod in the Classroom

…the lesson again and again. Other premium features include adding websites, audio, and longer video recordings. 5. The last reason why I love Nearpod is the plethora of already-made teacher…

12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…the Literature Circles resources on my website. Let them read other stuff. If books don’t interest your students, let them read magazines, graphic novels, informative websites, or instruction manuals for…

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…

Plickers Made Easy with Task Cards

…assessment tool, but it can be used for much more than assessment. In fact, teachers are using it for everything from digital exit tickets to checking attendance or even taking…

Interactive Teaching Made Easy

…Images for Plickers Plickers K-5 Facebook Group Sign Up Plickers Pinterest Board Plickers 101: Easy Digital Exit Tickets and More! (Blog post) Plickers 102: Innovative Ways to Use Plickers (Blog…

A “Smart” Way to Motivate Students

…at my TpT store! They include: SMART Board Build-an-Ice Cream File Ice Cream Party Tickets in English and Spanish And Ice Cream Clip Art for you to use whenever and…