Stock Market Project
One of my favorite activities to do is a Stock Market Project. What follows will give you some helpful advice for setting up this class project, getting it started, and […]
Math Teacher Blog
Keys to a Successful Learning Station
Learning Stations are becoming more and more popular. However, many schools and teachers are implementing them ineffectively. With a focus on a few key points, your learning stations will […]
How to Create Learning Stations
Learning Stations are a powerful tool that allow you to differentiate; reaching every student where they need help. They also allow students to remediate – spending as much time on […]
Plugging the Holes – Remediation that Works
You have probably felt the frustration of trying to teach a math skill to your class, only to realize that several of the students lacked the essential prerequisite skills to […]
What is a Learning Station
Traditionally, a learning station is an area in the room where one student – or a group of students – complete an activity on one skill. Normally, there are different […]
Why You Should Create Learning Stations
Learning Stations can have many positive impacts on your classroom and your students. Below are 10 reasons. Be sure to check out the related articles, as well as the free […]
15 Strategies for the Student who Keeps Blurting Out
Every teacher has felt the frustration of a student who shouts out things in the middle of class, disrupting your lesson, getting students off task, and driving you bananas. There […]
3 Great Ways to Teach Adding Integers
Often, middle and high school teachers find themselves trying to teach a skill, only to find that their students have still not mastered Adding Integers. Here are 3 different […]
What to Do When Your Students Still Don’t Get It
Every teacher knows the frustration of spending a sufficient amount of time teaching and reviewing a concept, only to have students still not “get” how to do the work. I […]
How to Teach Your Students to Learn from Their Mistakes
I think you’ll agree that mistakes are a valuable teaching tool. Yet too often in the traditional model of teaching, students are penalized for making them, or afraid of making […]