The Importance of Social-Emotional Learning Character education is an essential part of a school's social-emotional learning curriculum. In society, people need to identify their emotions and … [Read more...]
Task Cards with a Twist | Fun Facts Included
Do you use task cards with your students? Are they getting bored? How about task cards with a twist? After solving math problems on these task cards, students can share the fun facts that are … [Read more...]
Teaching Black History Month: A New Approach
Many people teach Black History Month in the same way every year: they read about Martin Luther King, Jr. and other famous African-American civil rights leaders, inventors, statesmen, athletes, and … [Read more...]
Making Sight Words Fun with Online BINGO
How do you review sight words? Flash cards? Boring! Worksheets? Boring! Writing them five times? Boring! Are you looking for fun ways to teach sight words to students? How about turning it into a … [Read more...]
How Many Great Books Have You Read?
Did you vote? No, not in the mid-term elections! For the PBS Great American Read. I have been wearing my campaign button on my handbag for months, ever since I got it at the New York Library … [Read more...]
Be Noisy in the Library: Fun Sound Effect Puzzles!
"Shh. We're in the library! You need to be quiet!" Ever hear that line? My room is probably one of the noisiest in the the school. We laugh and groan at stories, sometimes chant (or SHOUT) the … [Read more...]