…sampler) will do more to help children learn synonyms and antonyms than several days’ worth of paper-and-pencil instruction on the same topic. With this greater success comes greater confidence and…
…to order them from Amazon.com. Then use the activities later in the year when you are studying the US government or the Constitution. You’ll find these freebies in my Constitution…
…of instruction. Graphic Organizers Aligned with the Common Core The final piece of the puzzle can be found in Graphic Organizers for Reading: Teaching Tools Aligned with the Common Core….
…finished books have delighted us all. They even created a website for the Issy Books (www.issybooks.com), where you can see all 11 books and download a complete copy of Snappy…
…completed by the child at home. School Sticks I came up with three areas for these School Sticks: Reading, Writing, and Math. The math I made sure to align with…
…device, whether students have iPads, computers, or other tablets. This is great especially for schools that allow students to bring their own devices. 2. The teacher has complete control of…
…substantial quantities of educational tomfoolery.” Classroom-Transforming Rules Blog Post Series An important component of Whole Brain Teaching is the Five Classroom Rules, so Chris will be writing a series of…
…curriculum is constantly evolving. Change can be exciting, but often it’s frustrating as well. This is especially true when it comes to the Common Core Reading Standards and the new…
…about TpT is reading the comments and feedback from teachers who’ve used my materials. This comment from Selina Smith about Gifts for Santa’s Scientists made my day! “I can’t say…
…activity online, a teacher suggested that I create a compass-themed variation. Monica Horn’s students were learning about cardinal and ordinal directions, and if the printable had a compass rose instead…
…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…
…ten model. The next step was to take these items and compare them. We ordered them from least to greatest then placed them on a giant number line. We also…
