Hello, and happy Saturday! I hope you've had a great week and are ready to recharge this weekend!! After our extended break last week, I feel refreshed and slightly less tired ... yes, I did take my own advice :) We came back from our Thanksgiving break Monday and, instead of jumping right into new content my students completed their post-assessment over the unit we finished before the break. They ... Read More about Charting Pre and Post-Assessment Data – Update
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Using Flippity to Enhance Learning
Hello, and happy Friday! I'm back at work today after a lovely snow day yesterday ... honestly, I was expecting to be out today as well, but we're here and making the most of it! On election day last week, my students completed an activity that required them to research proposed amendments and initiatives to our state constitution. These ballot measures ranged from allowing the use of medical ... Read More about Using Flippity to Enhance Learning
Social Studies Resource Page
Feel free to use these activities in your own classroom! If the activity is in the form of a Google Doc or Google Slides presentation, simply select "File" and choose "Make a Copy." Please be sure to keep my name and website on the file when you use it, and remember --> THESE ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SELL THEM ON ANY WEBSITE. Thanks! Federalism Landmark Cases Hashtags ... Read More about Social Studies Resource Page
My Flipped Classroom: Adding Learning Checkpoints
Hello, and happy Monday! I don't know about you, but I drank ALL the coffee today. It's that lovely time of the year when it starts getting dark a bit earlier in my neck of the woods, which always seems to translate into me being sleepier than usual. I'll eventually get used to it ... sooner or later :) My Government students are beginning their Missouri Constitution and Federalism unit this week ... Read More about My Flipped Classroom: Adding Learning Checkpoints
Essential Smartphone Apps for Teachers
Hello, all! Happy Friday! I hope you've had a fabulous week! I was out of my classroom Tuesday at a PLC conference at a local university and, please tell me you've done this before, I COMPLETELY forgot to send information to my students until we were on our way to the conference. Fortunately, I wasn't driving so I was able to send the daily tasks with my students. My laptop was, of course, dead so ... Read More about Essential Smartphone Apps for Teachers
