Interactive Notebooks – Let’s Get Started!
…for teachers! They help us reflect on both our students’ learning styles and our own teaching and planning. They are a great way to analyze our students’ understanding of new…
…for teachers! They help us reflect on both our students’ learning styles and our own teaching and planning. They are a great way to analyze our students’ understanding of new…
…week, I choose a few to feature on Facebook each day, where you’re invited to chime in with your advice. When I see a post that receives a large number…
…conducted that had astounding results. This research was also referenced in a terrific article in the New York Magazine called How Not to Talk to Your Child: The Inverse Power…
…students. So I’d like to share two strategies that worked well for me in the classroom, as well as a new game called Mystery Vocabulary Detectives. Hopefully you’ll find that…
…make sure to show next year’s group at “Back to School Time” all of the exciting things that they will learn in their new grade. This would be a perfect…
…which involves one digit numbers. For third through fifth grade teachers, the Medium and Hard levels involve two digit numbers, and the Expert level involves three digit numbers. You can…
…and I know that a lot of their energy goes into things like setting up classrooms, finding new materials and activities, learning new technology, and downloading beautifully designed templates and…
…Beneficial New Challenges Each engineering challenge gives students something new to solve and more than likely, it is a challenge they have never tried before. Critical Thinking Skills Students aren’t…
…who’ve learned that mistakes are an important part of the growing process may still be reluctant to try something new or to tackle a challenging assignment. Similarly, students who’ve learned…
…the logic? Bring on the metric system! Every unit is based on tens which corresponds perfectly to our base ten number system. Unfortunately, I don’t think the United States will…
…events in Dr. King’s life and his impact on the civil rights movement in a way that’s very easy to understand. BrainPOP.com has a number of resources to go along…
…for specific topics. You’ll even find the ISBN number for each book to help you locate it! After you read each book to your class, check it off in the…