How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues
…their book up and I snap their picture with my phone… they bring it back, I delete the photo…I can easily check daily/weekly/monthly to see who never returned their book…
…their book up and I snap their picture with my phone… they bring it back, I delete the photo…I can easily check daily/weekly/monthly to see who never returned their book…
…start off the school year, your walls should be relatively bare. Yes, you should have a plan and quite possibly some titles on them sharing what will be going there,…
…find the answer, so they multiply 10 and 2 and record the number 20 as the answer. If you ask these students to draw or model the solutions visually, they…
…start by filling out the boxes on the graphic organizer using information they learn through research. This task involves quite a bit of higher level thinking, because students not only…
…the Common Core Standards. For this first set of School Sticks, I geared them towards grades 3-6. There is a bit of assembly involved. You’ll need jumbo craft sticks, Mod…
…to primarily teach the fiction standards and skills. Then teach your nonfiction standards and skills during (and with) your science and social studies block. Nonfiction texts are perfect to apply…
…also be captured in your online Plickers account to review and analyze later. Being able to capture assessment data quickly and easily means you can teach interactively and adapt your…
…the same number of candies? Inquiring minds want to know! Questions like these provide a perfect opportunity for a bit of data analysis fun! When I posed these questions to…
…the smaller circle. NOTE: I purposely screwed in from the top towards the bottom because, if my screws were a bit too long, I didn’t want them to go through…
…absolutely necessary, but don’t be afraid to change things up a bit as long if you truly believe you’re doing what’s best for your kids. Carve out time for passion…
…order of operations to be super confusing! Another reason kids struggle is that even when they understand how to use order of operations correctly, they don’t apply the rules systematically.…
…own disorganization can take some of the blame, but I’m sure my reading would be more consistent if the newsletters were designed differently. If you suspect parents aren’t really reading…
