Need a great activity to get your students working on problems while moving about the room? This middle school math activity is explained in a short video, but while the topic is math, you can adapt the exercise to other topics too!
This is usually my go-to website for guided math (math workshop) ideas. Tabitha and Chloe are active bloggers who have a wealth of good ideas that a teacher in any grade can modify.
At least three people have mentioned Gynzy to me in the last two weeks, and the site is a wealth of SMART Notebook resources for ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Not exactly like the lame activities on PARCC--much better!
How can you answer the perennial math question: "Am I ever going to use this in real life?" PBS's "Get the Math" website is a great way to show students how math is used in areas like music, fashion, and video game design. Thanks to Emily B. for sharing this one!