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The End is Near.... Now What?

Teachers, the year is wrapping up. Textbooks and most other materials have been, or are in the process of being, collected. What is left...

Digital Portfolios

The idea of a student keeping a portfolio is not a new idea at all. It allows teachers and students to track the student's progress...

CHARADES! for Academic Vocabulary

One of the most important components of your instruction that students must know is Acadmic Vocabulary. In order for them to truly...

Digital Text-Mapping

As a fourth grade Social Studies teacher, I was introduced to an instructional tool called Text-Mapping. With text-mapping, the teacher...

Screencasting in the Classroom

PICTURE IT: You are a third grade math teacher in front of your class in the middle of your direct instruction. You have your place value...

Music On Memory

Fill in these blanks.... SONG 1: Ring around the ______. Pocket full of ______. SONG 2: Twinkle, Twinkle Little __________ How I...

Be Your Own Substitute With Google Hangouts

Teachers, how many of you absolutely HATE it when you have to take a day off and have a substitute come in for you? Not because you don't...