Do you have a bag of tricks? You know what I’m talking about, right? It’s a mental list of quick activities you can use to get students on track, transition them to a new activity, get their attention, or fill up unexpected time. A bag of tricks is a helpful and necessary classroom management tool–and…
My students loved activities that included a die or dice. I usually used the standard dot ones. When an activity required letters, math symbols, or a different set of numbers I grabbed my roll of masking tape and made the adjustments. There were occasions when I cut out, labeled, folded, and taped together a die…
We can’t all enjoy every single task involved in our jobs. I’m fortunate because I can say that I enjoy most of them. One of my job tasks I don’t enjoy? Reviewing something I’ve already written. I just want to move on. I recently wrote a feature for the magazine on The Very Hungry Caterpillar,…