Solving the Hand Raising Problem
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Back in March, I lost a wonderful friend who also happened to be the co-founder of the Caring Classrooms Community. Francie Kugelman and I started the Caring Classrooms giving page…
What would YOU give an ornithologist for Christmas? What about an ichthyologist or a paleontologist? Santa has a bag of gifts for a dozen scientists, and he needs YOUR students…
…useful purpose. Within just a few minutes, each of your students will have four unique partners lined up for future activities! Here’s how it works. First, students make “appointments” with…
…the best way to begin is with concrete, hands-on practice using actual measuring devices like rulers, yard sticks, cups, quarts, and gallons. However, even after students practice and explore with…
…you think we are going to do with them? I asked the last question, because most of the time my students have better ideas than I do! Getting Started with…
…the impact that he had on America. However, as a classroom teacher I struggled to find appropriate teaching materials for elementary students on this topic. Most resources were either too…
…fluency rate at the bottom of the page. My students completed this activity every few weeks and plotted their improvements over time. Because my students were 5th graders, they could…
Do you have a few students who can’t seem to complete assignments and turn them in on time? Yet when you talk to their parents, you hear the story, “But…
…Usually a class will push you to the last letter of the word STOP the first time you use this. But if you have your alternate plan ready for them…
…lesson with conversation hearts! The focus of the lesson is on finding fractions of a number, and the final step is having students create their own fraction problems as shown…
…students learn best when they are able to engage in activities that take advantage of their strengths. Teachers have always intuitively known that kids learn in different ways, and Gardner’s…
