Download this seasonal dice game that strengthens number sense while incorporating fun.

Watch how we encourage students to use text evidence when making mental images.

This Tip was emailed on 8/5/2016.

This Tip was emailed on 4/1/2016.

We’ve got you covered with ready-to-use four-week morning meeting plans—one for grades K–3 and another for grades 4–5. 

We’ve got you covered with ready-to-use four-week morning meeting plans—one for grades K–3 and another for grades 4–6. 

A book suggestion and printables to teach kids how to recognize, express, and cope with anger in a healthy way.

We’ve got you covered with ready-to-use four-week morning meeting plans—one for grades K–3 and another for grades 4–6. 

Ready-to-use four-week morning meeting plans for grades K–3 and another for grades 4–5.

One game my students enjoy playing during our Daily Math is called "Number Roll and Write". This game is simple, yet it covers many different concepts.

Creating beauty in our classrooms is achievable. Janet shows us small additions we can make to our rooms that create a comfortable and livable space for our students.

Ready-to-use four-week morning meeting plans for grades K–3 and another for grades 4–5. 

Use this writing activity at the end of the year, as a summer assignment, or as a back to school icebreaker!

Listen in as Gail works with the small group of girls who want the teacher to do the work.   

In this book we share 50 short stories where the lightbulb turned on and we found a connection to our teaching. We call these lightbulb moments—moments when our personal and professional lives collide and we see an opportunity for growth. Let these moments create joy, spark reflection, and motivate you to find the aha in your every day. Each lightbulb moment is accompanied by a quote and space to reflect.

Watch students practice this strategy with Hollie's guidance.

With just a few tools, students will be engaged adding and subtracting decimals.   

Students apply knowledge of place value by building numbers using standard and expanded form.

In Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst, Alexander struggles with the idea of his family moving. After unsuccessfully brainstorming how he can stay behind, Alexander goes through the process of moving but insists he will NEVER do it again!

In Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry, two children join their scientist parents in Egypt as they search for the mummy of an ancient pharaoh. They learn about geometric solids and their attributes as they get closer to their goal.

Learn how to teach this strategy from Hollie, and have her teach your students.

A complex strategy is made understandable and usable.

Use these learning sheets to support your read-aloud.

This biography tells the real-life story of a boy who cycled across Ghana with only one leg, forcing his country to rethink how they treat people with disabilities. His name is Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, and he is a reminder of how one person can impact the world!

Christie and her class talk about author's purpose.

Let's listen in to a conference with Sydney, a fourth grader, and the debrief with Joan after the conference.  

When progress monitoring becomes part of daily classroom practice, it feels more sustainable and more useful. Here's 5 ways to integrate it.

This Tip was emailed on 4/8/2022.

Here are three suggestions to help you enhance fluency practice in your classroom.

This Tip was emailed on 7/30/2011.