Advanced organizers are an instructional unit that is used before direct instruction, or before a new topic; this is sometimes called a hook, set induction, or anticipatory set. Advanced organizers can be many different things, such as a narrative, expository, Read More...

Definitions : write down definitions of vocab words on index cards and toss them in a bag. Have twenty definitions for groups of nine players or fewer and 40 definitions of groups of ten or more. To start, have a player draw a card and read the definition. Read More...

I have recently found this great way to assess understanding of concepts and math vocabulary. Split the class up into groups of 4-6. Each group gets a set of small cards which each have on them one maths related word. The first thing they have to do is Read More...

I like to incorporate dancing and learning kinetically is a great way for students to remember concepts , especially concepts they will have to know for multiple classes. In my classroom I have began to adopt this dance that is for the quadratic formula Read More...

In high school geometry students examine the types of geometrical operations that can be performed by using only a straight edge and a compass. Origami has similiar and sometimes origami's axioms are easier to understand since in some origami there are Read More...

There are many websites out there that you view to get a different manipulative or even a different way to teach a particular concept and it turns out to be a bad website that offers no advantages to your students. There is the main one that everyone Read More...