Teaching Research Techniques
We have all the information we need at our fingertips, right? Well, sort of. Thanks to the internet, there’s plenty of information out there. But students still need to be taught how to use that...
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Integrating Subject Areas
Integrating subject areas is a must if you want to cover the entire curriculum in depth throughout the year. And really, it does not have to consume your planning time to integrate your curriculum. It...
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What’s for Dinner?
Looking for a new way to bring vocabulary words to life? My third graders are studying dinosaurs and their many characteristics. One of the learning goals for my unit is for the students to define...
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Power, Fun and Freedom
Power, fun and freedom. These are three little words that can take any lesson or classroom experience from boring to engaging with just a few minor adjustments. As adults, most of us look for...
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Why I don’t REQUEST Compliance
I don’t say, “Please,” anymore. Or not as much anyway. This school year has proven to be the most challenging for me in nineteen years, and one of the reasons is a handful of defiant, confrontational...
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Why Teach Mental Math?
Mental math is an important part of today’s math curriculum, especially those that are implementing the Common Core. Even if this is not the way that you learned math when you were in school, I will...
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Erasing the White Walls – Publishing and Presenting Student Work
She was fourteen-years old and holding her boyfriend’s hand at the water fountain. “That one’s mine,” she told him as she pointed to her Venn diagram comparing and contrasting Hinduism and Buddhism...
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A Teaching Tool You HAVE to Meet!
Looking for a great study tool for your students? Check out Quizlet – the leading study site in the US. I learned about Quizlet from my high school sophomores, who use it all the time. And it’s easy...
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When They Learn Differently
Some call it lazy. Others think it’s a lack of discipline. If that kid could just get organized, stop talking, understand facial expressions, and do the assigned homework, success would follow. Right?...
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Free Resources for Back-to-School
For many of you, back-to-school is right around the corner. For others, you may already be back in your classrooms with another group of students. Regardless of your current situation, chances are good...
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