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No Tricks—Only Treats for Your Students!

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Tips_2011_1019Take a look at an array of activities for all grade levels that offers some delicious ideas that will be sure to sweeten your Halloween lessons and delight your students.

 

Take Your Math Classroom Outdoors

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2011_0505_TipsAs students become eager for summer, engage them in learning mathematics outdoors. This month's resource collection includes lesson ideas for getting outside to DO the math. Check out free lessons and activities from Illuminations and Figure This! or log in to your journal to view selected articles with outdoor mathematics ideas.
 

Learn Ways to Evaluate Math Games

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2011_0106_TipsStudents are living and learning in an age of new media. Using games to teach math concepts supports students’ needs for engaging and interactive instruction. This month’s tips focus on the benefits of using math games as part of instruction and ways to evaluate a game’s usefulness. Links to free games are included.

Before You Assign Homework…

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Tips_2010_1116Consider the needs of your students.
Tips include: 

  • Assign only what’s necessary
  • Consider the students’ age
  • Give constructive feedback
  • Add a weekly prize drawing

Smile, You’re in the Classroom Now!

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2010_1104_TipsOK, so you’ve finished your methods courses—now what do you need to review before you get in the classroom? Consider the following tips:

  • Initiate a conversation with your cooperating teacher
  • Prepare a letter to introduce yourself to parents
  • Share your interests and talents
  • Sustain relationships
  • Smile!

Preparing for Tests from Day One!

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Tips_091510_hpDon’t wait to prepare your students for high-stakes testing. Incorporate problems from past state tests into the first five minutes of every day as warm-up exercises for the brain.

These tips include

  • focusing on solutions instead of answers;
  • learning what is covered ahead of time;
  • involving students in creating reviews;
  • using similar grading in your assessments; and
  • becoming involved in writing the tests.
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