Gearing Up for Next Generation Science

…you will be amazed at the number of engineering concepts that can easily be integrated into history, literature, and math. In literature, students could be challenged to: Design a house…

3 Mindful Classroom Teaching Strategies

…Unfortunately, support is not as good as it used to be and teachers are left to deal with the consequences. The trend is towards differentiated learning for each one of…

Why I Stopped Criticizing Common Core Math

…that celebrities and comedians like to paint a picture of students using number parts and number lines as adults, (ahem–Stephen Colbert) and I laugh right along with them…because using those…

Math is More Than a Numbers Game

…to read and understand the language of mathematics than on the ability to perform mathematics computation. In other words … Math is more than a numbers game. Years ago, standardized…

Fun Games for Learning the 50 States

…How to Play Find the States Showdown: The first Leader selects a number card from the State Numbers deck and announces the number to the team. Everyone looks at the…

Plickers Made Easy with Task Cards

…about Plickers is to join my free Plickers K-5 Facebook group which is a place for teachers to share ideas, ask questions, and support each other. Create Plickers Questions with…

Totality Awesome Solar Eclipse: Are you ready?

…Science, the creator of the free Totality app, because I like to support organizations that offer free educational resources like the app. I purchased mine from within the app, but…

Heartfelt Causes & Effects

…Teaching Resources. I hope your students enjoy both the book and the lesson! Disclaimer: This post includes an Amazon affiliate link. Purchases made through this link help support the Teaching…

5 Tips for New Teachers

…are also great internet discussion groups and other communities that can help you and support you. Be friendly with your students, but don’t try to befriend them. I had a…