Boggle is such an amazing game! Not only is it fun and engaging, but it also helps students to recognize letter patterns and facilitates fluency. My students loved playing Boggle so much that I made free templates to share the fun. The first one is for use with a document camera – students can write their words on notebook paper. The second is a worksheet
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Article about Teachers pay Teachers
Check out this great article about teacherspayteachers.com. The money I make on TpT will help pay for my son’s college education. If you are a teacher or homeschooler, it is totally worth checking out.
FREE Grammar & Language Arts Worksheets – 16 Printable Pages
Totally and completely FREE
Using Authentic Assessment in Your K-12 Classroom
Minds in Bloom is pleased to welcome guest blogger Charity Preston, M.A. She’s writing about authentic assessment and how it can be used in all grades K-12, not just in primary classrooms. Enjoy! Authentic assessment is basically any type of assessment that is not paper-and-pencil type of testing. It can include projects, portfolios, or running records. I first really used authentic assessment when I student
Harry Potter Would You Rather Questions
You’ve read the books. You have probably seen the movies…so why not try these Harry Potter Would You Rather Questions? Great fun for your and your students! Would You Rather… 1 Have Ron for a friend or Have Hermione for a friend 2 Fight the basilisk or Fight a dementor 3 Spend a weekend with Dudley Dursley or Spend a weekend with Kreacher the house elf
Communication on tchr2tchr
John Blake has written an excellent article on Teacher Communication on the tchr2tchr blog. Totally worth a read!