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Organizing your classroom and teaching materials can make instruction more efficient! Check out these tips for classroom organization!
Looking to develop your Canva confidence so you can create beautiful handouts, flashcards, and models for your ELA classroom? Great! Find help in this post.
In a self-paced classroom, each student is given an appropriate level of challenge and grows at a steady pace throughout the school year. Here's how it works.
This surgery classroom transformation is a fun and engaging way to review nonfiction text features with your students!
If your non-English speaking students aren't ready to do the regular class work, what should you have them do instead? This handy tool can help.
Doesn't just focus on "what" kids learn, it focuses more on "how" kids learn best... Knows the difference between something that is hard, and something that is rigorous... Makes learning both relevant and meaningful... Recognizes we're preparing our students for a world that doesn't yet exist using technology that hasn't yet been invented to solve problems we haven't even thought of... Embraces the notion that education should be done "with" our students, rather than "to" our students... Provides opportunities for students to explore, discover, create & experience failure... Accepts that the world is a playground for learners, and learning can no longer be contained to the four walls of a classroom... Understands that you can't be "data-driven" unless you actually make adjustments and modifications to your instructional practices as a result of that data...
Three principles that can improve student engagement and learning.
Just a quick note about a wonderful session at a conference I attended today called "Activities to Undo Math Misconceptions". It was based on a book by Honi J. Bamberger and addressed the math concepts of money, time, counting, fractions, place value, and equality in K-3. The best idea I saw all day was a way to help kids understand coin values! You can use unifix cubes and a hundreds board to really drive home the understanding that different coins have different values. What a great idea! I can't wait to try this next year! Here is a link for more info: Click Here ~Nikki
Cooperative learning can be a powerful learning strategy, but only if it works well. These small changes can make group work more effective in your classroom.
Want your students to have rich, complex conversations about the texts they read? This method leads to the kinds of classroom discussions you thought only happened in college.
Have a chatty class? Do your talkative students get louder and louder during small groups until it feels like chaos? Do they talk when you'r...
I'm excited to be sharing all about English Cottage style with you today, and 12 easy ways to incorporate elements into your own home! *Feature Photo Credit : Making it in the Mountains I love studying different styles, breaking them down and showing some of the individual elements that the style is known for, because
Needing a weekend escape from their busy lives and stressful careers in London, designer Caroline Holdaway and her photographer partner, Fatimah Namdar, relish the peace and quiet of their eighteenth-century cottage in the Cotswolds
Inclusion Classroom Bulletin Boards, Kindness Bulletin Board, Teacher Bulletin Board Lettering Encourage your students to treat people with kindness with this colorful bulletin board. Details: Made with quality textured cardstock Set includes: 1 Saying "KINDNESS IS A LANGUAGE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS" in colors as shown. If you would like different colors, just let me know. ***Available in 3 sizes*** SMALL (Designed for 4 ft wide by 3 ft tall board) (EVERYONE measures 33 1/4" across) Approximate Measurements: 4 1/2" to 5 " KINDNESS and EVERYONE lettering 2 7/8" to 3 1/4" white lettering MEDIUM (Designed for 5 ft wide by 3 3/4 ft tall board) (EVERYONE measures 41 7/8" across) Approximate Measurements: 5 1/2" to 6 1/3" KINDNESS and EVERYONE lettering 3 1/2" to 4" white lettering LARGE (Designed for 6 ft wide by 4 1/2 ft tall board) (EVERYONE measures 50 1/4 across) Approximate Measurements: 6 2/3" to 7 1/2" KINDNESS and EVERYONE lettering 4 1/4" to 4 3/4" white lettering If you're looking for any variations (color, letter sizing, saying), just message me and I'd be happy to create a custom order for you.
Everything about the color wheel you didn't learn in elementary school art class.
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Don’t get me wrong — I love candy. And, a jolly rancher, a tootsie roll, or a starburst can work wonders in the classroom for student motivation and enthusiasm. So can pizza parties, and cupcake days, and brunch, and…I’ve had so many types of food parties I can’t even keep track! Recently, however, I’ve been […]
