Adult Coloring – Art Therapy for Teachers!

…computers, it’s important to use the fine motor muscles that control drawing, coloring and writing so as not to lose them. When to Use Adult Coloring Sheets What is your…

What are Cooperative Learning Structures?

Structures are very specific strategies that can be used to organize interactions between students who are working in cooperative learning teams. Most structures can be used with almost any academic…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…Resources Facebook page. Systems That Require Technology This category includes recommendations for apps that can be used with a mobile device, as well as hand-held barcode scanners. Several people recommended…

Is Your Classroom ELL-Friendly?

…of it. Use your wall space as learning tools! 2. Do you use graphic organizers? Venn diagrams, flow charts, and Tcharts all assist ELLs learn content because the visual arrangement…

How to Teach Social Skills, Step by Step

…can use to practice specific social skills: Social Skills and Cooperative Learning Structures Social Skills Structures for Practice* Active Listening Roundrobin, Think-Pair-Share, Mix-Freeze-Pair Praising Rallytable, Roundtable, Pairs Check, Showdown Taking…

Interactive Teaching Made Easy

…webinars on this topic; visit my Free Webinars for Teachers page to sign up for the next live webinar!   Featured FREE Webinar Replay Click Here to Sign Up for…

Bio Poems for President’s Day

…Easy. This resource is available in my TpT store, but it’s also free for my email subscribers. If you’d like a free copy, click the Freebies link in the menu…

Solving Unknown Perimeter Mysteries

…but be sure to return to this blog post to pick up some valuable tips for using this activity. The free version of Mystery Perimeters uses inches, but the one…

Task Card Talk: 6 Strategies to Boost Learning

…after each card. Mix-Freeze-Pair Students mix around the room and stop when the teacher says, “Freeze.” Next, students find a partner and pair up. Then the teacher displays a task…

Going Marbles for STEM Hands-on Learning

…price, I emailed the company to ask about getting a discount. I ended up with something even better than a discount… they offered to send me a kit for free!…