First of all, I should tell you that I firmly believe that children should have “unstructured” time to play. This is when creativity bursts onto the scene, right at the brink of boredom. However, I also think children should get the opportunity to learn more about things that interest them, and camps can fulfill this … Read more
I don’t take as much advantage of Newsela as I should. This service, which provides articles about current events that can be adjusted to reading levels, just keeps getting better and better. As with many edtech tools these days, there are different features for different price points. I currently have the free version, which allows … Read more
Leland Melvin is a former football player. He also happens to be a retired astronaut. (The two careers happened in that order.) Steamography has joined with Leland Melvin to create a site that tells his story as the first in what they plan to be a series of “ographies” about people who have lived STEAM-driven lives. … Read more
Google Sites are blocked for our elementary students, so I show my 5th graders the Weebly for Education site if they are interested in designing their own websites. Sometimes students create them for Genius Hour projects. This year, my students were so excited about the manifestos they created in Canva that I suggested they use … Read more
Update 5/10/2022: For more End-Of-Year Activities, visit this post. One of the things I wanted to try this year was to ask my students to do hexagonal thinking as they reflected over what they had learned. Since my 4th graders had already done some hexagonal thinking this year, I thought they might like to experiment … Read more
Chris Shore is quick to note that he did not invent Clothesline Math. However, he is the author of the Clothesline Math website, and producer of many of the materials on the site, so I think he definitely deserves some credit! When I first ran across this site, I was a bit dubious of the … Read more