When I was 9 years old my dad had a paid sabbatical (so unfortunate those rarely exists anymore) and at the time I never realized how fortunate I was as a child for my parents to take me and my two siblings on a ROAD trip, yes by car, from Austin to Boston one summer. During my first year of teaching, I was...
Every year when teaching range, median and mode my students love to create their own survey and collect data and then calculate the range, median and mode from what they collected. I only get one week to teach statistics and I always feel rushed because the students need time to survey 25 people individually and then organize their information. In order to save...
I absolutely love Popplet! My students and I will be using it on a weekly basis to create anchor charts, organize thoughts, assess understanding or help students create connections of concepts. What is Popplet? (directly from their website) "In the classroom and at home, students use Popplet for learning. Used as a mind-map, Popplet helps students think and learn visually. Students can capture facts, thoughts, and...
If you have IPads then you have GOT to start having students CREATE with Educreations. Educreations is like a personal SmartBoard for each student but it allows them to import pictures, record their work and easily share with one another. After studying ecosystems in science I would usually have my students sketch a food chain of their choice in their science journals and...
My students absolutely live for our 45 minutes of science everyday. This year I have heard more "What if....?" questions than in the past. Even though they love science when it comes to the STAAR it is always such a struggle for my students because of the amount of vocabulary and then add a language barrier to the equation and it can make...
With the STAAR test approaching my students and I were getting pretty bored reviewing standardized test questions with paper and pencil so I decided to call upon my PLN. After a few #'s I stumbled on a sparkling jewel called Kahoot! Below is an email that I sent to my school after implementing Kahoot in my classroom... A few people have been asking me questions...
