Today’s teacher humor is inspired by school supplies. How could school supplies be funny….well, teachers know : ) Creativity is something that we encourage in our students. Frequently, their creativity knows no bounds, like with school supplies, and all the ways they can think up to use them as things…other than school supplies. Teaching tip…
If you asked the average person off the street what they would say to help someone struggling with a tricky word, I bet a lot of the responses would be, “Tell them to sound it out!” And then the average person off the street would say, “What kind of question is that, anyway!” : )…
Teaching coordinate graphing has never been so lively! Here are ideas to engage all kinds of learners. Capture the Penguins Coordinate Graphing Game Turn coordinate graphing practice into a game! MathWire.com has several different coordinate graphing games to play but I loved this one! Students fill the grid with some kind of marker. Here the…
For your entertainment, teacher humor! If you’re old enough to remember MacGyver then you’ll get this one. I notice a few constants with the art projects for kids that I see on Pinterest. Most involve some kind of genius way to use cheap/free materials like paper plates, paint color cards, toilet paper tubes, etc. Just…
There’s a lot of room for creativity in teaching. Here are the things I’ve been creating lately: Here’s a fun project when studying habitats. I took a piece of butcher paper and painted a simple African savanna scene. I had the students illustrate animals and add them to the scene in a place where they…
Unraveling Response to Intervention I set out to unravel and get to the heart of Response to Intervention (RTI) like I’ve done before with close reading. I was surprised to read on the RTI Network’s website that, “there is no single, thoroughly researched and widely practiced ‘model’ of the RTI process.” Of course, that would…
Happy Monday! I dug back through some old pictures to find this synonym and antonym anchor chart for Anchors Away Monday with Crafting Connections: Synonym cinnamon bears (there’s a tongue-twister for ya!) and antonym ants. My students referred to this chart quite a bit.
Get ready to smile, it’s time for teacher funnies! Hey principals, want a cheap way to raise staff morale? I’ve definitely stepped on a few fingers doing this move: And a management strategy we all know and love…
I made this chart with my class when we were studying 3D shapes. All of the kids cut and taped together their own shapes. Then we held them up and counted the faces, edges, and vertices. The avalanche of card stock shapes went home with the kids (thank goodness) but we kept this chart to…
When you’re not serving as a social worker, cheerleader, data analyst, and preacher (you know, for those “Come to Jesus” talks) why not play some parent-teacher conference bingo?!? Some of these are meant to be funny, some are sad, and some are just realistic. Can you get a bingo at parent teacher conferences? : )…