Earth Day Teaching Resources

…think you’ll like. It involves showing this free 20-minute Story of Stuff video. This video, created by Annie Leonard, explains where our stuff comes from and the problems faced by…

Fun Countdown Timers for the Classroom

…my students a simple task, intending to allow 5 minutes before moving on to the next step, and the next thing I knew, 20 minutes had passed. Luckily, my time…

5 Tips for New Teachers

…ready to go, and it worked. The minute you have to go scrambling through your cabinets for materials, you lose your students’ attention as well as valuable class time. Planning…

Move to Learn in Science!

…room for one minute. Here’s a brief overview of the directions: Solids – Ask your students to cluster together in one part of the room. Tell them that they are…

Fun Games for Learning the 50 States

…How to Play Find the States Showdown: The first Leader selects a number card from the State Numbers deck and announces the number to the team. Everyone looks at 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…

Math is More Than a Numbers Game

…tool for building math vocabulary. Mystery Number Detectives takes only a few minutes a day to play and requires very few materials, but while students are playing the game, they’re…

Gifts for Santa’s Scientists

…are so clear you could easily pick it up 3 minutes before class and be ready to teach the lesson. I love how she has written Day 1 number 1,…