A Dozen Fun Ways to Wrap Up the School Year
…motivating to students. Being able to discuss ideas and interact with other students is a sure-fire strategy for keeping kids involved. The key is to establish clear guidelines for classroom…
…motivating to students. Being able to discuss ideas and interact with other students is a sure-fire strategy for keeping kids involved. The key is to establish clear guidelines for classroom…
…included in one cost-saving bundle. If your curriculum includes exponents, the Order of Operations Games and Tests Bundle is your best option. If you use both levels in your classroom,…
…it – I created my own! It’s not research-based, but enough kids have used it over the years for me to feel confident in saying that it’s an effective tool…
…new mandates to include engineering in their curriculum, are experiencing the same anxiety. However, it is entirely possible to integrate engineering into your classroom, even if you have an inclusive…
…you’ll find in Exploring Perimeter also includes a variation that uses centimeters. Tips for Teaching Mystery Perimeters When I was almost finished with Exploring Perimeter, I recruited some field testers…
…the benefits of cooperative learning. However, it’s not cooperative learning that’s the problem – it’s poor implementation that turns teamwork into “group work.” If you are still skeptical, I invite…
…emotional issues. How I wish I had known about Julia Cook when I was still teaching! Julia and I connected at the Elementary School Conference, and it didn’t take long…
…and I continued to have questions when I tried new strategies or ran into difficulties. It used to be that we could only seek help from educators we knew personally,…
…interactive activity to the book. Ask your students to NUMBER their pages in order to be able to use their table of contents effectively. When Do I Use IN In…
…of its title. As soon as I first saw this book on Angela’s website, I was intrigued by the title and the book’s description. I had recently been reading a…
…in your own classroom….even if it is a better way. Jenni DelVecchio: One thing I did was to send a thank you note for the interviews I did get. Thank…
…have heard students complain, “Why do I need to know this? I will never use it,” will know what I mean! One way to teach the relevance of math in…
