Poetry: A Common Core Dilemma

…poetry, so I set out to create a short teaching guide to go with it. Poetry: A Common Core Dilemma When I began to think of ways to use the…

3 Mindful Classroom Teaching Strategies

…like to share with you 3 teaching strategies that I use together that incorporate three popular programs. It can be used with kids from K-8 by adapting these strategies for…

Investigating Condensation and the Water Cycle

…subscribe and get the freebie all in one step! Click here to request your free copy now! Advance Preparation Before using the activity with your students, gather the materials described…

Save Time and Paper with Mini ABC Books!

…letter of the alphabet. In science, you might use this during a study of the the solar system. In social studies, it would work for community helpers or a historical…

12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…books from different authors and across different genres, and let students choose the books they want to read. You can use reading interest surveys to help them find books on…

Taming Blurters and Wanderers

…behavior, what does? Rehearsal. Repetition. Practice. Teaching Rule #2: Raise Your Hand for Permission to Speak Here’s Whole Brain Teaching’s two step procedure, used by thousands of educators across the…

Daily Math Problem Solving and the Common Core

…are at the heart of good mathematics instruction. Because it’s easy to forget about the practices, I created the Standards for Mathematical Practices chart shown below to use as a…

Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition?

…Slides versions of the sorting activity that you can use remotely or in the classroom. If you’d like to use this sorting activity with your students, you can find it…

Easter Egg Showdown Review Game

…ready-to-use literacy activities, five ready-to-use math activities, and blank editable templates in PowerPoint format that you can use to create your own task cards. What an “eggsciting” way to review!…