Have you ever heard of choice boards? I LOVE using choice boards in the classroom. I use them in math, reading, language arts, science, social studies, etc. They work in ANY subject and with ANY topic. Here are my top ten reasons to love choice boards! Students love to be able to make choices in their learning Allow for differentiation… Read More
As teachers we know that vocabulary is pivotal in students’ success. When I was growing up, our vocabulary activities consisted of looking up definitions in the dictionary and copying them down on notebook paper. Do you think I truly understood those vocabulary words? Not. One. Bit. In order to truly understand vocabulary words and what they mean, inside and out,… Read More
Do you have a positive reward system in your classroom? I am a firm believer in having a positive reward system. Even as an adult, I love to hear positive things from my supervisors and colleagues. Kids are the exact same way. They want to be rewarded. I’m sure you have rules and consequences for your classroom. But do you… Read More
We all know that critical thinking is invaluable in the classroom today. But just how do we get kids to think critically? Have you heard of Costa’s House of Questions? It is a different way to organize the Bloom’s 6 levels of questions. Instead of 6 levels, there are only 3 levels which make it much easier for students to… Read More
I LOVE using white boards in my classroom. I use them as much as possible in any subject I can. I wanted a simple and fun way to track how my students were doing in a given lesson, so I created these two simple formative assessments. And the best part is that they are super easy to implement, and my… Read More
I am ALL about getting kids to get up and move around in the classroom. Gone are the days when I was school, and we sat the whole day long except at recess and PE. Who else remembers those days? Research says students need to get up and move for every 30 minutes of instruction. That’s a lot of movement…. Read More
Long time, no see! I know it’s been a LONG time since you’ve seen me. We’ve been busy here in South Korea, trying to live it up as much as possible. I’ve also been updating all of my resources to have my new logo. Wow. It has been a HUGE task, but I know it will be worth it in… Read More
You know what time it is…time to make New Years resolutions! I don’t particularly care for New Years resolutions because they never really work. What does work however is setting goals. Setting realistic goals and looking back on them to reflect and evaluate. I’ve researched 6 different ways you can set goals in your classroom with your students. 1. Books… Read More
I taught for years in Title 1 schools, where it was sometimes hard to get parents involved with their kid’s education. I truly believe it’s not because they didn’t want to help their child…I believe it’s because they didn’t quite know how. Let’s face it….school is much different than 20 or 30 years ago.So I have created a listable of… Read More
I use cooperative learning every single day in my classroom. Sometimes in every subject.I always set up my classroom so that each student always had a partner. However, sometimes I liked to change things up and pair them up differently. I mean wouldn’t you get tired of working with the same person day in and day out? What I LOVE… Read More
