Patient Problem Solvers

Are you tired of hearing "I don't have a pencil" five minutes into every lesson? Do your floor and desks look like a graveyard for broken yellow wood and eraser nubs? Welcome to The Great Pencil War! — a high-energy, gamified approach to classroom responsibility and resource management. The Goal: Rescue forgotten pencils from the dark corners of your home! Classes compete for the highest total collected pencils or set a class goal! This included: The MissionWhere to LookThe Rules of Engagement

Use Google Sheets to easy use an online format of a teacher planner. This is one that you can easily collaborate with your fellow teachers and create plans together!

Recently I have become a HUGE fan of the work of Peter Liljedahl and his book Building Thinking Classrooms! To prepare for this year, using groups of 3 will be the magical number to use when asking students to work together in the classroom. These cards give 5 different options for grouping - colors, numbers, letters, fruits, and shapes. They could be used multiple times in a class period to make up different groups, assign students a specific card to use every day, or by giving students a ne

Ever play BUMP!? This is a great game mdified to help your students practice factoring trinomials! Partner 1 will choose a problem to solve.  After finding the solution, cover up one of those factors with a marker.  Then, it’s partner 2’s turn.  Partner 2 can BUMP partner 1’s color and take the space if partner 1 gets one of the same factors!! IF someone gets the same factor for a 2nd time, chips can be stacked! That locks the space and it can’t be bumped.  The first play to use all of his/her m

Use this Connect Four partner practice to help students with Factoring by Grouping. First person to get 4 in a row, column, or diagonal wins!