February Fun – Free Lessons You’ll Love!

…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…

Gearing Up for Next Generation Science

…you will be amazed at the number of engineering concepts that can easily be integrated into history, literature, and math. In literature, students could be challenged to: Design a house…

Solving Unknown Perimeter Mysteries

…a length of 2 inches. In the bottom polygon, you can add the lengths of the known vertical sides on the left, 2 inches plus 1 inch, to arrive at…

Awakened: Hope for the Year Ahead

number of personal growth books about the impact of positive thinking on one’s life, but I had never seen those concepts applied to the teaching practice. When the book arrived,…

Top 20 Tips for Landing a Teaching Job

…week, I choose a few to feature on Facebook each day, where you’re invited to chime in with your advice. When I see a post that receives a large number

Honoring 9/11 – A Delicate Balance

…created to go with the book, as well as some teaching tips and management strategies for using this book in your classroom. 1. Read aloud The Man Who Walked Between…

Host a Classroom Scrabble Tournament!

…letters for yourself and 7 letters for the class. Write the class letters in huge blocks on the board with the number values clearly shown. Play against the class play…

Family Science Night: Hands-on, Minds-on Fun!

…to present. What types of content for presentations would yield high interest? Determine the number of make-and take stations and the content for each station. Examples of make-and-take stations include…