Here’s a collection of fun, free activities for kids that you can “take offline.” So browse around, unplug, and enjoy! Please let us know what you think!
My name is Nicole Chavanne and I am a 5th grade special education teacher in an inclusion classroom. I also run a store on Teachers Pay Teachers and a teacher blog. As a special education teacher, I am always working with …
Slanters are the bells and whistles, the devices that praise, censure, downplay, obscure, or distract. They are words that are used to convince on an emotional, rather than logical, level. Words like good, tasty, and vibrant are positive slanters while words …
What is Positive and Negative Space? As an element of art, space includes the background, foreground and middle ground. It also refers to the areas around, between and within the forms, shapes, colors and lines that compose the work. Positive and negative space in arts …
This is the third post in a series I created called “Spicing up the Secondary Classroom.” The focus of this post is a task card activity I created called “Triples.” I am a huge fan of task cards because they are …
Spicing up the Secondary Math Classroom: #3 – Triples Activities Read more »
If you’re not already back to school, chances are, you’re about to start! This past summer, I collaborated with a few other sellers on TpT to compile these Back to School eBooks. Sellers designed pages and submitted them to be included in …
Yup, that’s right. The dreaded question that math teachers will face a countless number of times in their teaching career. Especially secondary math teachers like myself! And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this image come up …
I recently got a question on my TpT page asking about some of my classroom routines. One thing she asked about specifically was warm-ups. After responding, I thought this was a terrific topic to share here, especially because it’s …
I haven’t intentionally been keeping a secret, but I feel as though am imparting one to you now. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve offered guidance that ended in the proclamation “You’re a genius” or saw a panel …
Social Emotional Learning – Moving Past “Difficult” Read more »
