Posts Tagged: Tabor Rotation

Managing Math Stations: Strategies that Teach Vocabulary

  Hey there, dedicated educators! We know you’re always on the lookout for creative ways to enrich your math lessons and keep those little mathematicians engaged. If you’ve ever dabbled in math stations, math centers, or math workshops, you’ve likely come across some challenges in managing these vibrant learning hubs.…

Algebra Interactive Notebook Ideas & FREE Foldables

This quote makes me laugh. I’ve never bought 64 watermelons and wondered how much it cost if I gave the farmer $200 and had $7 left. In fact, I don’t like watermelons, so I would never even buy one. (What in the world would I do with 64 of them???)…

Super Secondary Manipulatives: Anglegs!

When I showed a set of Anglegs to a high school math department and everyone said, “What are those?” I knew I needed to blog about these amazing manipulatives! Anglegs come in six lengths of plastic that easily snap together to explore plane geometry. When you snap two Anglegs, of any length together, you can snap a special 4” protractor to explore angles.…

3 FREE Math Games: Multiplication, Exponents, High School Geometry

It’s January and it is TIME for AHA moments!! Make one of these games or one from our website and see what happens! To download all three of these free math games, simply join the Tabor Team (it’s FREE, too) and you’re set to go! Joining will also make sure you receive a new FREE math game every month!…

Why Learn Conversions???

  “The journey for an education starts with a childhood question.”     – David L. Finn As I played “Conversion Concentration” with a small group of students at the Games Station, one student asked the inevitable question about conversions, “Why do we have to learn this stuff?”…

Two FREE Games to Teach Exponents

Exponents are useful, applicable, mathematical, and sometimes downright annoying! I like the way BetterExplained.Com explains it. Numbers aren’t just a count; a better viewpoint is a position on a line. This position can be negative (-1), between other numbers (sqrt(2)), or in another dimension (i).   What does 3^10 mean to you?…

Simplifying Math Stations

Click here & join me for “Simplifying Math Stations” at Knowledgehook’s Conference for Teachers, Thursday, July 14, 3-4pm EST. Want to have a white copy? Click the title to download “Tabor Top Ten for Simplifying Math Stations” Why Math Stations? Like any good invention, the Tabor Rotation Framework came out of necessity.…

2 Effective Strategies for Academic Vocabulary

The task of leadership is not to put greatness in to humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”     -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.…

Geometry–Out of the Box!

I received an email this morning from a Geometry Instructor/Assistant Athletic Director who has been using the Tabor Rotation Framework at the Secondary Level for the past two years. Attached to it was a real-world assessment of the geometrical concept of transformations. I was engaged just by reading it!…

Place Value and Nearpod

Today’s spotlight is on NEARPOD and PLACE VALUE!  This Free Game Friday will provide you with an interesting way to blend hands-on learning and technology. 4th – 8th graders will enjoy this fast paced lesson!  It is perfect for a Whole Group Mini-Lesson that utilizes their One-to-One technology.…