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…

Teachers, Help MrOwl Help YOU!

…During the webinar, I explained how to set up your profile and how to use the basic features of the MrOwl platform. But the most important part of the webinar…

Quiet Signals and Timers

…timer on their Smartphone as a count down or count up timer. The obvious problem with using this strategy is that you have to have your phone on and you…

Symbaloo: A Tool for Paperless Teaching

…to make it extremely user-friendly for students. The webmix included in the image below provides links to some of my favorite game and activity resources on the web. You’ll find…

Literature Circles – Common Core Aligned & Fun!

…my Teaching Resources website devoted to this strategy. My Literature Circle pages are full of teaching tips, free printables, and recommended books. You’ll even find a free webinar recording about…

Mathematical Problem Solving: Mindsets Matter

…include information and strategies from her book in my webinar, and she graciously agreed. My new webinar, Math Problem Solving: Mindsets Matter, focuses on growth mindset research and its implications…

Plickers Made Easy with Task Cards

…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….

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…

5 Ways to Make Your Students Smile

Guest blog post by Molly Phillips of Classroom Confections This post was inspired by a t-shirt. That’s right! While wearing a ‘smile’ t-shirt at the Vegas airport, a security guard…