Solving Unknown Perimeter Mysteries

…you’ll find in Exploring Perimeter also includes a variation that uses centimeters. Tips for Teaching Mystery Perimeters When I was almost finished with Exploring Perimeter, I recruited some field testers…

Cooking Up a Caring Classroom

…emotional issues. How I wish I had known about Julia Cook when I was still teaching! Julia and I connected at the Elementary School Conference, and it didn’t take long…

Awakened: Hope for the Year Ahead

…of its title. As soon as I first saw this book on Angela’s website, I was intrigued by the title and the book’s description. I had recently been reading a…

Top 20 Tips for Landing a Teaching Job

…in your own classroom….even if it is a better way. Jenni DelVecchio: One thing I did was to send a thank you note for the interviews I did get. Thank…

Host a Classroom Scrabble Tournament!

…play a practice round before starting the actual tournament. How to Host a Classroom Scrabble Tournament If you’re interested in hosting a Scrabble tournament in your classroom, you might find…

5 Ways to Help Students Become Word Collectors

…you, yourself, are interested in language. Helping students rephrase their idea or restating your own to add in more varied vocabulary is a way to infuse more “word collecting” into…

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

…for a lifetime. According to the well-known quotation from Benjamin Franklin, “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” This ideology was taken…

Teaching with Dry Erase Boards

…Interactive and Effective Strategies for Instruction, and you can download it here or from Teaching Resources. In this booklet, you’ll find strategies for using dry erase boards in a whole…