Investigating Gummy Bears

…do for their projects. I found a gummy bear lab that looked fun, but I wanted my students to follow a more complex scientific method model. I decided to create…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…teachers responded, so I compiled the best answers and removed duplicates. I organized all of the checkout systems into two categories: technology systems and traditional systems. There’s also a third…

25 Bulletin Boards You Can Keep Up All Year

…some terrific ideas. I compiled the answers and removed duplicate responses, but I could not narrow the list down to any less than 25! Luckily you’ll only need one or…

20 Tips for Motivating Gifted Kids to THINK!

…(if that makes sense). Mary Moncus – We do team competitions. My gifted kids are very competitive and working in small groups they can help and motivate each other. Pam…

Going Marbles for STEM Hands-on Learning

…kits, I also told him about DonorsChoose and the teachers who make up the Caring Classrooms Community. When he found out about our mission, he offered to sponsor the Caring…

Interactive Teaching Made Easy

…the Replay of Powerful Strategies for Building Math Vocabulary Understanding math vocabulary is critical to the conceptual development of almost every mathematical concept, but it can be difficult to find…

Managing Whole Group Instruction

…signal is a set of chimes because they sound pleasant but can easily be heard by students. It’s well-worth the investment because these chimes will last you many years! My…

Power Reading Workshop and The Daily 5

…of instruction. Graphic Organizers Aligned with the Common Core The final piece of the puzzle can be found in Graphic Organizers for Reading: Teaching Tools Aligned with the Common Core….

Whole Brain Teaching’s Classroom-Transforming Rules

…substantial quantities of educational tomfoolery.” Classroom-Transforming Rules Blog Post Series An important component of Whole Brain Teaching is the Five Classroom Rules, so Chris will be writing a series of…

Awakened: Hope for the Year Ahead

The first few weeks of school often whip by in a blur of activity, but around the middle of September things slow down considerably. This time of year is also…