Teaching a Physical and Chemical Change Unit
Learn how to engage students during your grade 4 5 6 upper elementary chemical and physical changes unit.
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Three Ways to Survive Teaching During the Holiday and Testing Season
It’s getting to be that time of year that every teacher dreads. The time of year between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Students are all anxiously awaiting the winter holidays and are not thinking about school. Teachers are looking for a chance to relax and recharge. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can
Teacher Tip for a Productive Parent Teacher Conference
Learn tips to make parent teacher conferences productive whether you are brand new to teaching or need ideas to keep parents on track. Use the free classroom communication sheet to stay on track during grade 4 5 6 conferences.
Budget Friendly and Easy Ways to Incorporate Hands on Learning in Science
Science should be fun, interesting and engaging. Science needs to be more about reading a textbook and watching a Bill Nye movie. Science needs to involve as much hands-on learning as possible. Unfortunately, many teachers are thrown into the position of teaching science classes with little background knowledge, time to
How to Be an Organized Special Education Teacher
Become an organized special education teacher with these tips and strategies to use in your class this school year.
Bringing Math into the Digital Age with EquatIO
Math teachers, are you feeling left out of the huge digital boom in the classroom? Are you looking for new ways to add technology into your lesson but can’t find a way around including equations and math symbols into your lesson? Do you have students with 1:1 digital devices that
Teaching a Unit on the Human Body Systems
Learn how to teach a sequential unit on the human body to your students in grades 4 5 6.
Using Anchor Charts to Decorate your Science Classroom
Learn how to use anchor charts to decorate your science classroom with purpose. Anchor charts allow students to reference science concepts.
Amplifying Student Voice with Padlet, Podcasts, and Flipgrid
Have you ever wondered why your student participation was limited to only a few students? Are you looking for ways to get those quiet students to tell you what they know? Do you hate waiting until an assessment to realize that a majority of your class was clueless about the
Teach Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion
Learn new ideas to use with your force and motion unit when teaching grade 5 6 7 students in science class. Hands on activities for force and Newton’s laws of motion
One-pagers, Not Just for ELA Anymore
How to use one-pagers as a science project idea with grade 4 5 6 students.
Teaching a Forms of Energy Unit
Here are some ideas to incorporate in your forms of energy science unit in a grade 4 5 6 classroom.