This quote makes me laugh. Iâve never bought 64 watermelons and wondered how much it cost if I gave the farmer $200 and had $7 left. In fact, I donât like watermelons, so I would never even buy one. (What in the world would I do with 64 of them???)…
The task of leadership is not to put greatness in to humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.â    -John Buchanan
Team Names and Freeze Words are two of my most successful strategies for incorporating vocabulary instruction into a classroom. They’re simple to use and don’t cost you a dime to implement.…
How about a fun math vocabulary game to teach elementary-level students math vocabulary words? Math Vocabulary is SO important — and students will have fun while learning!
One game that is mentioned in our new online course, Tabor Rotation TO GO, is Batter Up! This Math Vocabualry Game grabs their interest with baseballs, bats, and hats. …
âMy students knew how to solve the problem! They were just stuck on the math vocabulary words they didnât know!â
âI never thought of using a math vocabulary game. I just introduce the words before the lesson and have them copy it in their notebooks.â…
Go ahead and read the title of this blog again. I’ve been thinking about it for almost 24 hours. Itâs what my 4th grader told me last night after dinner. He and his sisters were allowed to choose anything they wanted for dinner. They chose a famous chef’s ravioli concoctions.…
“Language permits us to see. Without the word, we are all blind.” âCarlos Fuentes
“Language is not merely a means of expression and communication; it is an instrument of experiencing, thinking, and feeling … Our ideas and experiences are not independent of language; they are all integral parts of the same pattern, the warp and woof of the same texture.…