I have been incredibly busy the last couple of weeks, and between moving two hours away to a new city, transitioning to a new, very exciting and amazing job, and finishing projects at my current job, I’m a little swamped. I found this post from August, 2011, that I just had to repost because I still mean every word I wrote.  Best of luck to all ...

As I was searching the other day, I came across two great sites chock full of information from teachers near and far.  There are many different games, activities, resources, and technology that comes from the classroom in these two blogs. The first is http://www.greatmathsteachingideas.com/ which are teaching ideas for the math classroom.  It ...

The New Year is among us. Math Techniques and Strategies will be reforming and used to help you! Post anything you want covered in depth or anything new you want to hear about below. This year Math Techniques and Strategies will make you the best teacher at your school with new resources, technology, and strategies to improve your students ...

My first talk! Given at the STANYS 2011 Physics Breakfast on November 8th, 2011 in Rochester, New York Links to resources mentioned in the talk: Feynman’s blackboard at his death Hake’s “Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses“ Bowling Ball & ...

As a classroom teacher I feel just as much responsibility for my students learning during the summer months as I do during the school year. I want them to have a balanced summer filled with fun and learning support at home so they can begin the next school year right where they left off in my classroom. Unfortunately, research shows that ...

There’s nothing a teacher dreads more than being absent and having to prepare for a substitute. In addition to the preparations you have to make in advance, often while you’re sick, there’s always the fear that your students will go bonkers in your absence. I’m sure this has never happened to you, when you’re absent your little cherubs sit ...

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 ...

The winner of Karen’s Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus packet is Karen B! The winner was selected using an on-line random number generator. Thank you to everybody who entered, we had 228 entries. Stay tuned for another contest that is going to knock your socks off! '); //-->

As part of a session on innovative practices in science at TeachMeet New Jersey 2011, I gave a presentation entitled “Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Increasing Engagement in Science” I have posted that presentation, complete with speaker’s notes and plenty of links to further information, here: http://bit.ly/EngageSci Any feedback you have ...

This Valentine themed activity for practicing sight words is super simple yet still tons of fun for little ones. You will need one magnetic cookie tray or other magnetic surface per child, paper Valentine hearts, tape, sight word cards, and magnetic letters. You could also have the students match upper to lowercase letters on the trays. The ...