10 Ways to Power Up Any Lesson and Maximize Learning
Imagine someone asked you to describe the best lesson you ever taught. Which lesson would you choose? What do you think made that lesson so awesome? Let me guess. It…
Imagine someone asked you to describe the best lesson you ever taught. Which lesson would you choose? What do you think made that lesson so awesome? Let me guess. It…
…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…
…lesson with conversation hearts! The focus of the lesson is on finding fractions of a number, and the final step is having students create their own fraction problems as shown…
Keeping kids motivated and on task at the end of the year is challenging at best, especially after state tests are over. Yet keeping kids motivated at this time of…
…keeping the numbers the same but placing the parentheses around different pairs of numbers like this: (5 + 3) x 2 = ? and 5 + (3 x 2) =…
…school, etc. Ask how other teachers are using technology or specific websites Tips for Responding to Questions Questions are only one half of the Question Connection! We also need educators…
…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…
Cooperative learning activities are often designed for teams of four students. However, sometimes a team is just too big, especially in math. Sometimes the perfect number of students for a…
…random number generator to determine the winner. The dry erase board set will be shipped directly to the winner’s school, but it will be noted that the set belongs to…
…visual models and sharing and grouping strategies but had never connected that to bigger numbers. Instead, they had learned a procedure that had no connection to their definition of division….
…down to 18 of the best tips. If you would like to read all of the responses, click here to find them on my Facebook page. Even if you don’t…
…Gifted Kids to Think Here are 20 of the best suggestions for motivating gifted kids to stretch themselves and reach their true potential. If you would like to read them…
