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No-Hands Rule
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
November Goal…
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
Shouldn’t Learning be fun too?
Jim Knight opened the 2010 Instructional Coaching Conference with this video…
100s Chart Designs
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
Jan Brett Videos
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
"Awesome…"
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
Do A Dot Art Markers
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
Fun New Website!
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
Mr. Alligator
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
American Sign Language Font
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