For her Genius Hour project, one of my 5th grade students questioned what the world would be like without creativity. Since she used Scratch for last year’s project (on Sleepwalking), I told her that she needed to present her information in a different way, but that she could still use Scratch for part of her … Read more
Venn Diagrams are pretty ubiquitous in school. Most students have seen and used the common form of a Venn Diagram that you see below in order to compare/contrast two things. To be honest, after a bazillion years of teaching, I’ve gotten quite bored with using this graphic organizer. However, there are a few people who … Read more
My students have a love/hate relationship with riddles. They groan and complain that I’m asking them to do the impossible, but as soon as they solve one they beg for more. This is a good time of year for these fun puzzlers from Reader’s Digest. There are more than a few that are new to … Read more
Silvia Tolisano of the Langwitches Blog shared in this post how a teacher from Argentina is trying to help her first graders learn about the “tooth” traditions of other countries. Students are invited to add to this Flipgrid their own stories about what happens when they hit that favorite milestone of losing a tooth. Similar to … Read more
Dave Eggers, award-winning author of books such as A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, explains in his 2008 TED Talk, “Once Upon a School,” how he conceived the idea of a tutoring and creative writing center that would be part of the community, a place that would offer one-on-one help to the students in the area with … Read more
You have less than 2 days to vote for this year’s Doodle 4 Google contest winners. This year’s theme is , “What inspires me.” This is a great opportunity to show your students the incredible creativity that is exemplified by the chosen finalists from K-12. And, even though the deadline to enter has passed, you … Read more