Let’s Wrap This Up!

Let’s Wrap This Up!

It’s the end of the school year and testing is OVER! That’s right…O-V-E-R, OVER. So, now what? For most, this time of the year means cleaning out desks, taking down bulletin boards, and trying to keep your students focused on something education-related. With just a...
Game-Play Leads to Learning Benefits

Game-Play Leads to Learning Benefits

Choose the best answer to the following question: On a Wednesday afternoon, a math teacher asks his class of 6th graders, “Who wants to play a game?” What is the most likely response from the class of students? A few students raise their hands while the rest of the...
Cloze Activities for Interactive Boards

Cloze Activities for Interactive Boards

Can you correctly complete the following sentence? ____ sentences have ____ that students need to fill in with the correct _____. Correct answer: Cloze sentences have blanks that students need to fill in with the correct answers. Cloze activities can be applied to a...
Math Workshop – Your Students Will Thank You

Math Workshop – Your Students Will Thank You

Math has been the bane of my educational career, starting from kindergarten (“Count what?”) to when I was studying to get my teaching credential and had to take an Educational Foundations of Math class (“There’s a difference between concept and skill?!”). Teaching...