Learning lowercase letters can be really confusing for many children, especially the letters b, d, p, and g . When you think about it, it...
Paper Bag Dramatics: A fun activity for Team Building and Developing Community. Here's an idea that can be used just about anywhere at any time. It encourages groups to solve problems, think creatively, and work as a team.
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So, where exactly is your plot taking you? What happens next? What is this story about? It’s time to think about plot. Plotting Worksheet
The Padagogy Wheel brings together in one chart several different domains of thinking with education apps for learning.
From reading a calendar to using a ruler, this measurement review quiz covers a variety of second grade measurement topics. Download to complete online or as a printable!
This is a blogpost from comfytummy: “Why do I keep waking up at 3am?” I couldn’t figure it out. It was driving me crazy. I would go to bed exhausted, usually some time between 11:30pm and 1am, slee…
This is a powerful framework to understand organizational change efforts. It discerns between tactical, strategic, and cultural levels.
A blog post written by a speech language pathologist with intervention ideas during speech therapy for working on the social filter of students with autism, ADHD or mental health challenges.
In this blog post, I'll go over what higher-level thinking is, why it's important, and some activities you can use in your Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade classrooms.
The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area, up through July 29 “The Bay Area has long attracted dreamers, progressives, nonconformists, and designers. Buckminster Fuller was all of these, and although he never lived in San Francisco, his ideas have spawned many local experiments in technology, design, and sustainability. The first to consider Fuller’s […]
Many approaches to encouraging better thinking are abilities-centric, but Visible Thinking is about fostering dispositions of thought, creating a Culture of Thinking, and bringing students to the c…
If you and your partner are thinking about ending your marriage, it can be difficult to know whether you're making the right decision or not. There are some questions to ask before getting a divorce so that you can be sure that you're aware of all…
Most people have been thinking about optimism completely wrong. So what exactly is it, how important is it and, most crucially, how you be more optimistic?
Free parent-teacher conference forms to help guide your conversation and make sure you share everything you want and need to with parents.
Photo is a little difficult to read but I liked the idea of using post its to create this chart–it would engage the students–get them thinking about about the process of active reading …
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Last week we started our study of verbs. I have used a few free verbs study packs I've found on TPT to introduce the concept. I love thi...
Look at the tree and choose the one that is immediately most appealing to you. Don’t think about it too long, just choose, and give me the number. I will reveal to you what the choice says ab…
Bipolar disorder is stigmatized, and a beautiful way to fight stigma is to share facts and personal stories. Here are some of mine.
In this post I will talk about the 3-2-1 Bridge thinking routine. The word Bridge is used to indicate the routine has two related stages. I have found it an interesting and effective activity in pr…
