Best Organization Advice for Google Classroom One of the best pieces of advice I ever received about using Google Classroom was from a blog post by Alice Keeler. In her post, Google Classroom: Numbering Assignments, she discusses the benefits and organization behind numbering each and every assignment in Google Classroom. I would highly recommend you […]
I think what sold me on using the Google apps in my classroom was the collaboration piece. The possibilities are really endless the moment that you realize that your students (or anyone around the world) can collaborate on the same document in real time! The ability to have students truly collaborating is what set the […]
One of the hardest things that students (and teachers) struggle within the classroom is writing. Students find it difficult to get their thoughts down on paper and teachers find difficult to give their students insightful and timely feedback to help them improve the writing. The writing process in my classroom changed drastically when I began […]
I have fallen in love with digital interactive notebooks! I know that in 4th grade I’ll probably never have a truly paperless classroom, I am trying to simplify my life a little by going digital with some of the things in my classroom. One of the things that I have absolutely loved in my classroom […]
I fell in love with Interactive Notebooks a few years ago. It didn’t take long for me to implement them into every subject. There are so many benefits to these types of notebooks, and I love using them in my classroom. The one downside to these notebooks is the required class time. I quickly realized […]
Whether you just need to fill a few extra minutes, or whether you just can’t bring yourself to laminate, cut and sort another review game, there is always a need for no-prep review games. These games are perfect for any classroom, any subject. All you have to do is have questions (which we always do […]
Welcome to the third part of this blog mini-series! So far we have discussed Khan Academy for math and Readworks for reading. Make sure to jump back and check out those posts. As you know, I currently have 2nd-5th graders in my classroom, so I have had to get really creative in the differentiation department. […]
UPDATE: Readworks recently completely reworked their website! While you can still use it in the way I describe, you can also assign the students reading passages online! Students are able to make the text bigger, focus on reading one line at a time, have the passage read to them, study the related vocabulary, and annotate with […]
I’m not sure if you know this about me or not, but at my school, I currently have 2nd-5th graders in my classroom. For more on that, read the about me page. Anyway, I have had to learn how to differentiate like never before! This blog mini-series is about my top three websites that have literally […]
I recently had a question from a lovely blog follower about suggestions on how to schedule her math workshop. It got me thinking, so I decided to do a follow-up to the 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Math Workshop blog series. She was basically asking about how to organize the math workshop if you are […]
