Creative Classroom Ideas

Engagement Strategies reference page - perfect to have out during planning! From Teacher Trap's "Lesson Plan Pack."

Our fabulous new teacher, Mrs. Wheeler, is acclimating herself to the 3rd grade team beautifully! She is part of the 2-teacher team of Jackson & Wheeler. Mrs. Jackson is in charge of all things science and math, while Mrs. Wheeler covers all things literacy and integrated social studies. Here's Mrs.Wheeler with her hubby. For the past few weeks, 3rd grade has been studying the difference in the genres of fairy tales, fables, and trickster tales. (as per the Common Core standards and units we…

Great FREE math tools to use with your interactive white board!

Making Inferences- Activities and Lesson Ideas teaching students to make inferences

Socratic Soccer Ball! A fun English Language Arts game and active way to do Socratic Seminars

Ideas for genius hour. Other kids have done this.

If you are not using the seesaw app in your classroom- start now! It is amazing. Here are some ideas to get you started!

Leave students a new note every morning. Something to encourage them and get them ready for the day!

Literary Jenga | Grades 3-5 | Bloom's Taxonomy | Reading Literature

This Elementary Life blog: My experience with Genius Hour

Practical Primary Teacher: First Grade Genius Hour More

Classroom Discussion Posters from Dr Noahs Shop on TeachersNotebook.com (2 pages)

Hi everyone! My name is Kimberly Crouch from English, Oh My! My passion as an English teacher is sharing my love of literature with my students and giving them the foundations of reading and writing to be successful in high school. I am truly honored to be guest blogging on Minds in Bloom, and I find Rachel Lynette to be a true inspiration and role model for teachers. Besides

Passion Projects, encourage individuals to ask questions, pursue personal interests, research, and CREATE something to showcase their new knowledge. You can also refer to passion projects as Genius Hour, which is based on a business practice developed by Google, where they encouraged their employees

Hi There! Lisa here, from Growing Firsties & I'm going to share a little bit about Growth Mindset today, which is based on Stanford Univers...

Use the Tug of War Strategy for making thinking visible: Over the last few years my teaching has been heavily ingrained with inquiry based learning, problem/project based learning and open ended questioning.