Archive for the ‘Classroom tips and tools’ Category
August 9th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math Learning
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Two of Everything
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. About the Book I was recently introduced to the book Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale (1993) retold by Lily Toy [...]
August 2nd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Summer Reading
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This month I was able to hear Beth Skipper, journal editor of Teaching Children Mathematics present on including literature in the [...]
July 12th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Summer School, Jumping in Feet First
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. You know its summer school as you navigate your way through halls crammed with stacks of chairs, desks and pallets of [...]
June 21st, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math in Real Life
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Encouraging the Use of Building Blocks at a Young Age
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. One of the final math units I taught this year was a geometry chapter on recognizing two-dimensional drawings and nets as [...]
June 7th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Thinking Ahead
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This is a busy time of year. Even through all the craziness of the end of the school year and all [...]
May 24th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Encouraging Summer Learning
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Do you need something to send home to parents at the end of the year to remind them of the importance [...]
April 26th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Time to Test
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. The signs of spring are prominent in classrooms across the country; students are gearing up to take standards-based tests. Check out [...]
April 12th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math in Real Life
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Math and Environmental Education
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. The month of April provides many opportunities to integrate environmental learning into your classroom. Environmental Education Week (April 10-16) The National [...]
April 5th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Parent Communication
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This week is conference week at our school. It’s always a busy week—teaching all day and then meeting with parents in [...]
March 22nd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math Learning
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Multiplication Posters
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Recently my class made interactive posters, covering the school walls with multiplication facts. My students love seeing other kids in school—fellow third graders, [...]
August 9th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math Learning
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Two of Everything
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. About the Book I was recently introduced to the book Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale (1993) retold by Lily Toy [...]
August 2nd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Summer Reading
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This month I was able to hear Beth Skipper, journal editor of Teaching Children Mathematics present on including literature in the [...]
July 12th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Summer School, Jumping in Feet First
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. You know its summer school as you navigate your way through halls crammed with stacks of chairs, desks and pallets of [...]
June 21st, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math in Real Life
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Encouraging the Use of Building Blocks at a Young Age
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. One of the final math units I taught this year was a geometry chapter on recognizing two-dimensional drawings and nets as [...]
June 7th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Thinking Ahead
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This is a busy time of year. Even through all the craziness of the end of the school year and all [...]
May 24th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Encouraging Summer Learning
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Do you need something to send home to parents at the end of the year to remind them of the importance [...]
April 26th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Time to Test
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. The signs of spring are prominent in classrooms across the country; students are gearing up to take standards-based tests. Check out [...]
April 12th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math in Real Life
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Math and Environmental Education
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. The month of April provides many opportunities to integrate environmental learning into your classroom. Environmental Education Week (April 10-16) The National [...]
April 5th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Parent Communication
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This week is conference week at our school. It’s always a busy week—teaching all day and then meeting with parents in [...]
March 22nd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math Learning
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Multiplication Posters
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Recently my class made interactive posters, covering the school walls with multiplication facts. My students love seeing other kids in school—fellow third graders, [...]
