Lance Kinstner

This start of school survey that I call the "Getting to Know You Questionnaire" is a great first day or first week of school activity. It will only take 5 to 10 minutes, but you will come away with a wealth of information and insights into your students. I've easily used this with all middle school grades, and it would work the same with high school as well. I tend to use this as a warm up type activity at the beginning of the hour on the first day of school. Simply print, copy enough for all y

Here is a simple and effective sheet for weekly warm ups. As long as you keep your warm up short and sweet, this should work like a charm. This .docx version (I also have an un-editable pdf version for sale that is cheaper) is set up for a warm up every day for a week, with a place for the date under the day initial on the left as well as a place for points and corrector's initials on the right. On the last day of the week, students tally up their totals and write them at the bottom. On this pd

If you're looking for an easy data collection spreadsheet for your Discovery Education tests, you've found it. This spreadsheet is set up to track student growth across 4 Discovery Ed tests, calculate what percentage of students are showing Average and Above Average growth for all possible comparisons as well as the all-important final test. This spreadsheet is easy to use and attractive. The second sheet includes detailed instructions for those who are not technologically inclined or are just

This is a pdf of the formula sheet I use for 6th grade math's geometry unit. This should work well as a study guide or test assistant. I suggest giving this to students early so they can learn to use it and, if desired, scaffold away from using it as you progress on in your unit. If you like the formula sheet but would not like to buy it, try the free pdf version from me instead.

Tired of hand-writing lengthy passes in the middle of class when you should be teaching instead? Have awful handwriting that nobody can read anyway? Want your students to do more work and you to do less when it comes to these menial tasks? Try the student-centered hall pass! This pass will put the work and responsibility onto the student instead of you. All you'll need to do to is pull out one of these bad boys and say, "Fill this out for yourself and go." The preparation is as simple as editin

If you're looking for an easy data collection spreadsheet for your Discovery Education tests, you've found it. This spreadsheet is set up to track student growth across 3 Discovery Ed tests, calculate what percentage of students are showing Average and Above Average growth for all possible comparisons as well as the all-important final test. This spreadsheet is easy to use and attractive. The second sheet includes detailed instructions for those who are not technologically inclined or are just