Author Archives: Lynn Fuller

Increase Opportunities to Respond with a “No Hands Rule”. Look for ways to generate student names randomly. Many of you already use names on popsicle sticks. In this article, Dylan Wiliam highly recommends this approach – but I like how … Continue reading →

During the month of November, I am going to attempt to “code” my instructional coaching time using this list of “Ten Roles for Teacher Leaders“. I heard Joellen Killion at the Instructional Coaching Conference in Lawrence, Kansas last month. She … Continue reading →

Jim Knight opened the 2010 Instructional Coaching Conference with this video…

The website that is linked to the title of this post has directions for making designs on a 100s chart. It is a great activity for number recognition, or you could give the directions for +1, -1, +10, -10, etc. … Continue reading →

This time of year it seems inevitable that I will end up searching for something new on Jan Brett’s website. This year, I think I hit the jackpot!!! She has a great video section. I downloaded the two videos for … Continue reading →

This is the single-word quote that I am known for in the article featuring Adobe Software use at LPS as published on Adobe’s website! I guess it would be another one of my favorite things – my little “blurb” is … Continue reading →

I love using these “bingo” markers in guided reading groups. When we work on word families, we make a book with many of the words in the family (-at family: bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, rat…). Sometimes it’s hard to … Continue reading →

I love the little 5 minute “filler” programs that are on the Disney channel! I’m a big fan of Daniel Cook – Daniel goes on little field trips to learn about all sorts of things, it’s a great show for … Continue reading →

I love to use this alligator “snapper” (from Safari Ltd.) to teach greater than and less than! Jack Hartmann has a song – Mr. Alligator Can Chomp on his CD – Movin’ 2 Math. Here are the lyrics: Mr. Alligator … Continue reading →

I think that finger spelling is a great way to teach letter sounds. It is a way to make an auditory concept visual and kinesthetic. I have had a lot of success using this to teach kids to use letter … Continue reading →