How to Recharge Mathematical Thinking

…back in the cup. Management Tip –At first you may want to serve as the Leader and guide the whole class through the activity, stopping to allow time for discussion…

How to Teach Social Skills, Step by Step

…Turns Rallytable, Pairs Check, Roundtable Using Quiet Voices Think-Pair-Share, Numbered Heads Together, Showdown Staying on Task Rallytable, Roundtable, Pairs Check, Showdown, Mix-N-Match Helping or Coaching Rallytable, Pairs Check, Showdown, Mix-N-Match…

Taming Blurters and Wanderers

…something wrong … that’s why they deny they’re engaged in incorrect behavior. “Maggie, stop doing that!” “I wasn’t doing anything!” This is the wonder. With the procedures described above, you…

Team Scoot – A New Twist on an Old Favorite

…problems. Before the game, place a different task card on each student’s desk, and give each student a blank numbered worksheet. To start the game, ask everyone to solve the…

12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…sight, from cereal boxes to billboards. When I began reading books, there was no stopping me! I even begged them to name my baby brother after a book character. (Yes,…

Falling in Love … With a Poem

…laugh! However, students often give us blank stares when it’s a thoughtful poem. They twiddle their shoelaces; we assume they did not understand the poem and we stop to explain…

The Power of Audio Books

…out how to connect several students via headphone adapters connected together. I assigned one student in each group the role of “Audio Captain” who would start and stop the audio…