Are you needing digital end of the year activities to wrap up the school year with your students? I have shared my printable ABC memory booklet several times on the blog (click here to see it and a few other printable End of the Year freebies). It is always a favorite collaborative class project for the end of the year. And now, I have a digital version to share with ... Read More
Free Digital Math Activities for Multiplication
Digital math activities can be so much more than just entering an answer in a text box. In fact, digital math activities can be "hands-on" just like math centers. This post will share one of my new favorite digital math activities: Mystery Pictures (with free basic multiplication practice ones to use right away)! About the Digital Math Mystery Image Activities To ... Read More
Having Online Class Discussions with Google Classroom
Online discussion can be motivating and encouraging for many students! Whether it’s one-on-one discussion so students can ask a question privately, or small or large group discussion, you can keep those important academic and social emotional conversations happening outside of the traditional classroom setting. This post shares several ways to have online discussions with ... Read More
Viewing Responses in Google Forms
Google Forms are a great tool for digital learning and teaching! Not only does a Google Form collect all of your students’ responses and have the potential to grade responses instantly; it also takes the data and organizes it for you in multiple ways. This will help you with using the results and responses from Google Forms to drive your instruction. This post will look ... Read More
How Students Can Show Math Work Digitally
One of the challenges with digital learning and teaching is that it is not easy for students to show their work. In a perfect world, there would be an app that all students have that allows them to complete their math work right on an online platform. (If you know of such an app or website, let me know!) This post will share a few ways that students can show their math ... Read More
How to Create Google Forms for Your Students
Whether you’re using more digital activities because of distance learning or you are just wanting to incorporate more technology in the classroom, Google Forms is an excellent option. One of the best parts about Google Forms is that they are not limited to Google Classroom users. In fact, you can use Google Forms with any online platform or website that allows you to ... Read More
Free Daily Check-In Google Forms for Distance Learning
One of the hardest parts about distance learning is not being able to see and talk with our students on a regular basis. Even if you are doing video conferences, it is hard to know how students are doing and if they need help. One option is to have daily check-ins using Google Forms. This post shares free daily check in google forms for distance learning and some tips for ... Read More
How to Assign Google Slide Activities (Free Guide)
Have you used Google Classroom before? While the interface may not be user friendly for organizing assignments, the ability to assign interactive assignments through Google Slides is a game changer with digital learning. This post will share a brief overview of how to assign Google Slide activities via Google Classroom with a free downloadable guide you can use as a ... Read More
How to Assign Google Forms to Your Students
As we move more to online learning, teachers are having to post work online for their students. For many teachers, that means assigning work on Google Classroom. For other teachers, that means emailing work to students or their parents or posting work on their websites or other learning platforms for students to download. One easy-to-use option for teachers to use no ... Read More
Tips for Home Learning | Remote & Distant Learning Tips
Home learning/distance learning/remote learning (or whatever your school is calling it) is definitely new territory for most (if not all) of us. Here are some tips and strategies that I think will help make this process more effective for you, your students, and your parents. Some of these apply to digital learning but many are applicable with printable work as ... Read More
Plant Cell Model with Noodles
Any time that you can make science hands-on, your students will be usually be much more engaged and retention will be higher. One way to do this is to make models. This post will shares a fun way to make plant cell models using pasta noodles. Want to see a post about making an edible animal cell (with fruit)? Click here! Plant Cell Model Materials Here are some ... Read More
Edible Animal Cells
Plant and animal cells are two science skills/concepts that don't really lend themselves to experiments. But, they are perfect for having students make models to represent the science. This post will share one way to make an edible animal cell model. Edible Animal Cell Materials/Ingredients Here are some suggested ingredients/materials. Feel free to substitute these ... Read More
