Games are a great way to practice all kinds of skills. You can find professionally boxed games at toy stores or just pull out a deck of cards and get creative. Here are the 3 other math game resources I find easiest to use with the most direct value. My website math games. I’ve created… Read More »
Students participate in many observable ways. It’s important to stop and take a look at how students are engaged in both whole class activities and small groups. Here’s a chart to record your observations.
Long-term memory is the goal in schools. Here are a few ideas to help foster that goal. Teach students how to explain their thinking to themselves and others: What are the key elements I should remember about this topic? Can I find tricks or rhymes or illustrations or key words that help me remember details?… Read More »
Teachers Notebook has closed it’s site, effective September 14th of this year. All of my materials seen on that site are still available on my Pinterest pages (https://www.pinterest.com/annaeger/boards) and on Teachers Pay Teachers (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Paddy-Eger-Strategies-For-Educating-America), as well as under the Educating America portion of my website http://www.paddyeger.com
Tis the season! Join me for a second book fest. Puyallup Festival of Books, Saturday, Oct. 6th from 1-4 PM at the Puyallup Public Library, located at 324 S. Meridian, Puyallup. WA 98371 (253-841-5454) I’ll have all of my books and materials available for purchase. You can also pick my brain about school-related issues:… Read More »
Please join me at FAB: the 6th Annual Lakewood Film Art and Book Fest held at Clover Park Technical College the weekend of September 28-30. Book sales, free resources, and signings are available from 12-6 PM each day of the event.
Here’s a list of routines and procedures that work for any K-8 group. I suggest you brainstorm with your students to discover and discuss which items you wish to focus on throughout the year. Then create a poster to hang up and periodically share and adjust the list with your class. Enter the classroom in… Read More »
Hopefully reading has been an active part of most kids’ summers. Books, plays, short stories, cereal boxes, maps, pamphlets, or whatever; all will have made a positive difference as school restarts. If most of you students took part in a summer library program be sure to keep that interest going throughout the school year by… Read More »
Now’s a great time to play a few math-themed games to relight a spark in math skills. Check out my website http://www.paddyeger.com for free math samples and/or purchase my book, 98 Individual and Partner Skill-Building Math Games online or from your favorite bookstore. I firmly believe that games are a great way to use keep math… Read More »
The internet has tons of great sites related to education. These are my top 3. (1) www.edutopia.com is a great resource for all kinds of articles on education that relate to parents as well as teachers. Check out these archived articles: 15 Questions to Replace ‘How Was School Today?’ Teaching Good Study Habits: Minute by… Read More »