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…the Pay It Forward Foundation website. Read their How It Works page for specific activity ideas for your classroom. The site offers downloadable cards that you can print out and…
…the Pay It Forward Foundation website. Read their How It Works page for specific activity ideas for your classroom. The site offers downloadable cards that you can print out and…
…as difficult as I had imagined. Math centers can consist of nothing more than a deck of math cards and a set of directions. I generally used the Rotation Station…
…the Plickers.com website, sign up for a free account, and take a peek around the site. But before you do anything else, watch my free webinar, Interactive Teaching with Plickers….
…own disorganization can take some of the blame, but I’m sure my reading would be more consistent if the newsletters were designed differently. If you suspect parents aren’t really reading…
Guest post by Michael Friermood at The Thinker Builder. I almost returned it before even getting started. They don’t tell you on the box, and certainly not on the display,…
Guest Post by Adrianne Meldrum at The Tutor House One of my favorite scenes in Disney’s Tangled is when Rapunzel makes the decision to leave her tower. She isn’t sure…
…conventions, giving opinions, and most importantly, organizing our thoughts. My students were expected to learn three differentiated classes of writing, and my lowest writers really struggled with the execution of…
…it’s only prerequisite is that students can count. There’s no supplies needed to play and my kids loved playing this as a “brain-break” before math. Here’s how to play… Have…
…based on their needs. For one he tallied on a sticky note on his desk each time he blurted out (I sometimes mimed making a line if he didn’t do…
…flyers. I receive weekly flyers from four different stores, and they really pile up in the recycling bin. I was staring at the pile one day, and an idea struck…
…my suggestions for differentiating instruction below). Ask each team to choose the first Leader or appoint the Leader yourself. Display the Recharge & Write directions and walk your class through…
…in different grade levels or to differentiate in one class. If you don’t want to assign them yourself, you can give them to the teacher after your lesson. Are you…
