Tie Dye T-Shirts with Sharpie Markers
Visit Jackie’s arts and crafts tutorials for some ideas for class projects. There are great instructions for the tie dye t-shirts with …
Category Archives: Teacher Resource Ideas
Princess Clothing Writing Prompt
Have you students design a contemporary outfit for a literary character using clothing items found from mulitmedia sources. Have the students …
PVC Space Saver for your classroom
Get a PVC pipe from a hardware store, cut it into standard lengths, sand the edges and glue the pieces …
Milk Jug Igloo for the Reading Center
Amazing what you can do with some recycling and a hot glue gun. What a fun idea for a kindergarten …
How to Teach Students to be Good Digital Citizens – Wednesday, March 28 2:00pm PT / 5:00pm ET
Tomorrow, visit GoogleApps youtube channel to see this Teacher Webinar: http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleApps Join Common Sense Media to hear about their free …
iPad Apps for Teachers
Check out Kelly Walsh’s 10 Excellent iPad apps for Teachers. They include: 1. QuickVoice Recorder 2. Dropbox 3. Things for iPad: Mobile Filtering Technology 4. Discover …
Writing to improve reading
Steve Graham and Michael Hebert’s 2010 research paper identifies three main practices that strengthen students’ reading skills through writing. They are: …
Kelly Gallagher’s “Article of the Week” for Grade Nines
Many teachers who have been to “Reading for the Love of It” conference have heard author and educator, Kelly Gallagher, …
Calgary students learn financial literacy at their own school bank
Children serve as tellers BY MEGHAN POTKINS, CALGARY HERALD MARCH 1, 2012 While many of his class-mates are content to collect …
Burgernomics for Secondary Students
“The Economist’s Big Mac Index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity: in the long run, exchange rates should adjust …
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