First Week of School
What Should You Teach the First Week of School? Steal my plan for Building Community and Classroom Routines If you teach secondary students, you know
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Cell Phone Ban in Schools: Teacher and Student Reactions After Year One
After one year of Arkansas’s school cell phone ban, a teacher shares classroom observations, student feedback, benefits, challenges, and lessons learned.
Math Classroom Décor Round-Up
I love decorating my classroom, and I love a good, trendy theme! But sometimes, I have to reel myself in before I go too crazy.
Teaching Ideas to Make Learning Stick
If you’ve ever had a student shout out, “Don’t make an Angle Side Side out of yourself!” months after you taught triangle similarity and congruence,
Real-World Geometry with Football
Looking for an engaging way to teach geometry? This hands-on football activity is perfect for middle and high school math teachers who want to bring real-world applications to their lessons. By incorporating sports into math instruction, students will see the relevance of geometry in everyday life.
Preparing for a Sub Without the Stress
BECAUSE LIFE HAPPENS: HOW TO PREP FOR A SUB IN A PINCH The Dreaded “Sub Day” Panic You wake up feeling awful. Or maybe your
Late Work and Grading: Finding the Balance
Grading is tough—especially when it comes to late work. Teachers often find themselves stuck in the middle, trying to be fair while also holding students accountable.
Interactive Notebooks for Middle School Math
INTERACTIVE: 1. mutually or reciprocally active involving the actions or input of a user Technically, note-writing, in general, is interactive. Teacher talks. Student writes. But
Test Review Ideas That Work
I have a love-hate relationship with test review days. In a perfect teaching world, they wouldn’t be necessary. But, even on my best days, I
Binders vs. Interactive Notebooks in Math
It is time. Time to end the great math class debate. What is the better resource for student notebooks? Is it the binder? Or the