My goal is to never be so far removed from the classroom that I forget what it’s like to be a teacher.  Over the last few weeks while I’ve been adjusting to my job and new responsibilities, I’ve been running from meeting to meeting, a million miles a minute, task after task, running out of time before I realized time had passed. I needed a quick ...

Student, teacher, and even parent attitude all are what students are affected by on a daily basis.  If your friend doesn't like Coldplay, neither will you.  But, if your parents feel like math isn't something you need then you wont excel at it either.  Students, teachers, and parents play a primary role in what students want to learn.  Everyday I ...

Since it is my sister's birthday today and she is going to be a future elementary educator.  I have decided to dedicate this post to elementary teachers who are looking for materials or resources for elementary math. Mathlanding is a resource and tools for elementary math specialists and teachers.  You can search by math topic and grade level. ...

Math Reasoning Inventory helps teachers find out what your students really understand about math.  It focuses on students' strategies, understandings, and misconceptions.  Teachers can learn how students respond to questions to standards.  (MRI) is an online formative assessment tool designed to make teachers' classroom instruction more effective. ...

This is just introductory information for teachers who are interested in introducing more dry erase activities in to their classroom.  Dry erase boards we all know present information in an animated fashion.  Since I am not a an expert in this area I am going to provide you with links that will get you to the places that you ...

Lil Wayne an Nicki Minaj have been named the teachers of the year this year for South Florida.  The award from Better Education Place is based on several categories that the company maintains are important qualities for teachers to excel at, although the company recognized that the rappers could stand some improvement in terms of the content ...

We all know that laughter increases a student's ''like-ability'' of a particular class or teacher.  Jokes are a great way to get student's interested in mathematics, other humor, and pranks.  Like Projector Pranks is a fun and interesting site.  Some jokes are only for math and some are in between, you need to find the right kind of humor fits ...

The three lucky winners of the Jack Hartmann gift certificates are as follows: 1st place winner of a $50 gift certificate: Hope D. 2nd place winner of a $30 gift certificate: Sue H. 3rd place winner of a $15 gift certificate: K.R. All winners have been notified via e-mail and will have seven days to claim their gift certificates. The ...

If you are looking for an activity that will engage your students and keep them on task then look no further. The secret is to use pictures of the students; they love to look at pictures of themselves and their friends. This activity can be done several different ways to allow for differentiation. In the picture above you can see the ...

I first heard about Jack Hartmann’s music from a colleague about nine years ago, all it took was one song and I was hooked. I started with the Rhymin’ to Read nursery rhyme CD then worked my way up to Hip Hop Alphabop, the rest is history! While most early childhood teachers are familiar with his music, we’re not all familiar with Jack himself ...