Teaching Interactively

Place Value Bingo! This is a great game for reviewing place value with students and for helping students become more confident in matching word form with standard form. I use the last sheet to keep track of which number/letter combinations I have called out. Normally, I will highlight or cross out the combinations I have already used so that I don't repeat anything. I have 10 different boards on here, but more can easily be added by cutting apart a board and gluing the numbers on different

Both Christopher Columbus and John Cabot thought they had made it to Asia. It can be very difficult to know where you are without a map. This activity enables students to experience how difficult that task was for the early explorers and why there was such confusion. In this mapmaking challenge, students will be blindfolded and will need to create a map using their senses just as the early explorers needed to do. Includes a reflection paper for assessment.

This is a game designed to help students practice their basic division facts. Included in this download are two game boards, answer board, and instructions. The first board is easier and the second board is slightly more difficult. The board can either be taped to a Connect Four board and played vertically or can be played horizontally without a Connect Four board. This game can be used as a math center, as additional practice, or as an activity for early finishers. I often have students take

This is a game designed to help students practice their basic multiplication facts. Included in this download is a game board, answer board, and instructions. The board can either be taped to a Connect Four board and played vertically or can be played horizontally without a Connect Four board. This game can be used as a math center, as additional practice, or as an activity for early finishers. I often have students take it home and play against their parents. It's a great way to get parent

This product includes one blank sheet for the comparison between the French and the English during the French and Indian War. It also includes one completed comparison chart that can either be used as a teacher's guide for a mini-lesson or can be passed out as a resource for younger students.

This is a game designed to help students practice their basic subtraction facts. Included in this download is one game board, answer board, and instructions. The board can either be taped to a Connect Four board and played vertically or can be played horizontally without a Connect Four board. This game can be used as a math center, as additional practice, or as an activity for early finishers. I often have students take it home and play against their parents. It's a great way to get parents inv

This is an entire lesson that is taught in five stations. Students can rotate through the stations to discover if levers really make work easier. The challenge at the end was so fun for my students - they couldn't stop talking about how the smallest one could lift the teacher using a lever!

A simple and fun bookmark to help students learn the helping verbs. For best results, print double sided and laminate.