4 Square Planning: The Key to Organized Writing
…format went like these – a horizontal and vertical line down the middle, a small box in the center of the paper. Below is a typed version of the planner….
…format went like these – a horizontal and vertical line down the middle, a small box in the center of the paper. Below is a typed version of the planner….
…those learning goals together. But what happens when kiddos are in workstations or in centers? Using learning goals in workstations is very powerful. When you think about it, the work…
…blog about technology tips for the classroom over at Purely Paperless. Do you have a computer center in your classroom? Do you take your kids to a computer lab? Do…
…that “gratitude always precedes the miracle.” Keep blank thank-you note cards available in a writing center to encourage students to share their appreciations. How do you teach students to not…
…a great literacy center activity. Mystery Vocabulary Detectives The first two activities are excellent strategies for teaching vocabulary, but I also want to share with you a game that’s not…
…or seems off task, walk over and place one of the stop signs in the center of the team. This is a signal to them to be quiet for one…
Have you used math stations or math centers in your classroom this year? If not, this is the perfect time to start! As you prepare for end-of-the-year tests, you need…
…dotted lines.) Ask students to open their papers and then fold the top and bottom halves in to meet at the center. (If using the pattern, the printed side goes…
…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…
…sort of “fingerprint” the Plickers software uses to identify each student when the cards are scanned. The number on each side is the number assigned to the student in the…
…to read and understand the language of mathematics than on the ability to perform mathematics computation. In other words … Math is more than a numbers game. Years ago, standardized…
…on virtually any topic, and count the number of task card sets that pop up in your results! If you’re new to task cards, you might not realize that they’ve…
