As you know, teamwork is vital to success, both in and out of the classroom. If you do a lot of cooperative groupings in your classroom, ...

It's no secret that I love fun and engaging back to school activities. I've never been known as the quiet teacher because I love ...

Want to start a great class discussion and get students buzzing with inferences? Use short films to get those inferences flowing! During m...

I love reading! Each year, it is my goal to pass my love of reading on to my students. I stock my classroom library with tons of ...

If there is one strategy that my fifth graders struggle with year after year, it is making inferences. Each year, I introduce this strategy ...

Icebreakers are a great way to help students to get to know each other during the first days of the school year. One of my favorite iceb...

If you read my last post, you already know that I'm knee-deep in teaching the art of inferring and you already know that I love to use ...

Last night I shared some attention grabbers on my Facebook page. A follower left me a comment that got me thinking and led to this post. ...

When I first started teaching metric conversions, I did not enjoy it at all. Half of my class could not grasp the concept that every unit is...

Synthesizing…if you're like me, the first time that you heard about this strategy was when you started teaching. For whatever reason, ...