Classroom Technology Contest for an iPad Mini!

Classroom Technology Contest for an iPad Mini!

Technology Contest for Classroom Technology! Win an iPad mini to add one more piece of technology in your classroom!
Classroom Technology Giveaway

Enter our technology contest! Add to your classroom  technology! The Teacher Team is teaming with Teaching with Nicole and Eliceo, Kelly & Kims Kreations, Barbara Evans,  Shelly Rees, Third Grade is Fun & Teaching Tidbits & More for this awesome giveaway. To enter…
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Flexible Learning Labs with Flexible Seating

Flexible Learning Labs with Flexible Seating

Just arrived home from CUE Conference 2018 in beautiful Palm Springs, California! The CUE Conference is the largest and oldest education technology conference in California. We were celebrating its 40th year, with over 6,000 people in attendance. read more

St. Patrick’s Day Digital Interactive Activities!

St. Patrick’s Day Digital Interactive Activities!

Interactive Digital Resources
St. Patrick’s Day Research Report GOOGLE version!

St. Patrick’s Day; the day most of us would love to be Irish! In my classroom, I always struggled to find holiday activities that were rigorous and tied to standards. We didn’t have much time for art related projects, so we had to find resources that were rich in vocabulary, illustrations, and some writing to facilitate engagement as well as higher level thinking skills. That was the impetus for our St. Patrick’s Day Digital Interactive Research Report Google Resource. read more

Let’s Research St. Patrick’s Day!

Let’s Research St. Patrick’s Day!

Students LOVE St. Patrick’s Day…. but do they know much about this holiday? Whether I was teaching second grade or sixth, my students loved to do research on any topic. Whether it was going to the library and checking out books, or doing some web research, students crave learning new things. read more

Valentine’s Day is About GIVING

Valentine’s Day is About GIVING

As I reflect on Valentine’s Day, I always think of chocolate, flowers, Hallmark cards, and Cupids.

This year, I decided to expand my thinking about Valentine’s Day. Are there other things we can add to Valentine’s Day to make the holiday more meaningful? Can we show more gratitude for all of the blessings that we have in life? Can we help those who may be hurting, or going through a tough time ? Can we expand this idea to involve our students so they can learn to help others in their community?  Help them gain some understanding that giving of themselves can be rewarding and make them feel good inside? Here are some ideas I’ve discovered after doing some research: read more