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…

Plickers 102: Innovative Ways to Use Plickers

…what I’m learning about Plickers with other educators. If you aren’t familiar with Plickers, read my original post, Plickers 101: Digital Exit Tickets and More, to get an overview of…

Motivate Students to Take Charge of Their Learning

…specific strategies to implement right away. Angela Watson is the teacher who created The Cornerstone for Teachers website, and she’s been sharing awesome resources with teachers for years. This is…

Symbaloo: A Tool for Paperless Teaching

…as we go via my classroom website. If you do not have a classroom blog or website, another easy option is setting your Symbaloo as the home page for each…

Halting Back Talkers in Their Tracks!

…the series, click here. To see Whole Brain Teaching in action, watch the videos on the WBT website. Need a rule that stops back-talking students in their tracks? Discover the…

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…

Fraction Predict and Compare Partner Activity

…3rd and 4th graders, which might be true if they have to find least common denominators. But if kids develop fraction number sense instead of memorizing algorithms, they will blow…

What Makes a Parent Love a Teacher

…it will be appreciated. Jennifer Gonzalez is the creator of the Cult of Pedagogy website and a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Adolescence/English Language Arts. Before starting her website

Taming Blurters and Wanderers

…posts in the series, click here. To see Whole Brain Teaching in action, watch the videos on the WBT website. In the middle of your fraction lesson, a chatty student…