First of all, preparing any activities is always better when you have a latte in hand! After speaking with a group of teachers recently about the benefits of task cards in the classroom, I realized that not all teachers use them the same way. I started using them where each
Wake up in the morning feeling mighty sleepy, got my layers on and I’m thinking I’ve got this city. Traveling all the way to the DF-Dub I’ve got this flight like it’s nothing bub. {Now go back and sing that to the tune of Ke$ha’s Tik Tok.} Yea, or so
February is right upon us an what does that mean? It’s time for Valentine’s Day! My good friend Tabitha from Flap Jack Education has compiled a new video of some great freebies to share with all of us! Click on the video below and grab some today!
Recently I was contacted by a fan on my Facebook page racking her brain to find something to help her students understand Distance-Rate*Time. After reading her request I chuckled at first because I can remember when I was teaching this to my 8th graders they struggled as well. I know
It never fails each week I get the question asked of me, “Why did you choose spirals for your Interactive Notebooks?” The answer is fairly simple… I didn’t, they chose me. How you ask? I started using Interactive Notebooks in 2010 with my students and that year it was really
So it’s January and we are all trying to recharge to make sure that we can make it through the last five months of the school year. There are limited breaks in the Spring and it also is now big “state testing” time for many that are coming up. So
I warned you that I have been full of ideas lately so hear goes ANOTHER post with a NEW idea! And I will give credit because the basic idea for this came from my lovely new math friends at Kirby Middle School. As I was walking around and ideas were
It’s been awhile since I did a post for Interactive Notebooks 101 and since I just got back from presenting a workshop I have PLENTY of tips to share. Every time I am at a workshop I get asked the same question over and over in some way, shape or
Put on your dancing shoes and celebrate a milestone with me! Yes, I have reached a milestone with my Teachers Pay Teachers store and I want to give back to you! What does that mean for you? Well, you can grab the Equations Flippables, Practice and Task Cards for FREE
This week has been a blast and it all started with a workshop that I gave in San Antonio, Texas for a group of 80 middle school teachers in all content areas from Math and Science to Woodworking and Nutrition. Yep! Everyone was there. I walked in and was amazed
Many of you know I have gone to several conferences and presented here and there but I have NEVER had the opportunity to be an exhibitor. When Michele Luck of Michele Luck’s Social Studies asked me to help her in my home state of Texas you better bet I was
This past weekend while preparing for my latest Interact with Me and Engage Me workshop in San Antonio, Texas I was chatting with my blogging buddies Jamie and Meg about a way to get the teachers back in the mindset of learning as it as the first day back from