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…
…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…
…part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.” After Roosevelt became President in 1901, he used his authority to protect wildlife and public…
…Emma Dilemma Teaching Guide With this in mind, I took another look at Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems. I thought, “Why ruin a perfectly good poetry book by dissecting it…
…my Teaching Resources website devoted to this strategy. My Literature Circle pages are full of teaching tips, free printables, and recommended books. You’ll even find a free webinar recording about…
…the Literature Circles resources on my website. Let them read other stuff. If books don’t interest your students, let them read magazines, graphic novels, informative websites, or instruction manuals for…
…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…
…not as fluent. Then I showed them how to time each other for one minute as they read aloud, and how to help each other calculate the average number of…
Dr. Howard Gardner first proposed Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory over 40 years ago, suggesting that IQ is not one-dimensional, and that it can’t be described by a single number. Instead,…
…division but it didn’t seem to do much good. As the school year came to a close, I knew I had to do something different. I started reading books and…
…on my desk until I noticed it yesterday. Oh my goodness! Have you ever read a professional development book that was so compelling you wanted to talk about it with…
Did you know that October 5th is Do Something Nice Day? Google it and you’ll see! What a great time to teach your kids how to be a good citizen…
…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…
