1. Beg, Borrow, and Steal: You Know You Do It! Psst… Good teachers do!
Amanda Smith
Melinda Miller
Surgoinsville Elementary School-
Hawkins County Schools

2. Beg, Borrow, and Steal: You Know You Do It!

4. Partner Work Expectatoins

5. Recitethis.com

6. Factors and Multiples Factor Ninja chops it up! Multiple Monster makes
numbers bigger!

7. Problems with talking?

8. How to get Mrs. Miller’s attention:
1 finger= “I need help.” 2 fingers= “I need to use the restroom.” 3 fingers= “I am finished.” 4 fingers= “I need a drink of water.” 5 fingers= “I need to speak.”

9. Classroom Coupons
Coupons include: Lunch in the room with a friend, Soft Spot, Bump-a-seat for a day, Homework Pass, Bump-a-seat for a week, Free computer/iPad time. I draw coupons at the end of each week. I draw a random number of tickets.

10. Divisibility

11. Student Generated Questioning

12. Talk Point by Learning Resources

13. Request to Retest

14. S.T.O.R.Y. S- Setting T- Talking characters O- Oops! A problem!
R- Resolution and steps to solve the
problem
Y- Yes! The problem has been solved!

15. Constructed Response R.A.P.P.
R- Restate the question
A- Answer the question
P- Prove it with the text
P- Proofread and edit

16. T.A.G. T- Tell the writer something you like
A- Ask the writer a question
G- Give the writer a positive suggestion

17. Musical Chairs

19. Exit Ticket Alternative

21. Need help?

22. Incomplete/Late Assignments

23. Pool Noodle Number Lines

24. Graphic Sources and Student Questioning

25. Clips to use in your classroom
Mr. Bean for inference
Pixar clips for a variety of RLA skills (predicting, inference, plot, character)
You Tube! (Mr. Parr videos for Science)

27. Help with time!

28. Pinterest has lots of Anchor Chart Ideas!

29. Buzz Word Game Goal: Check for understanding of parts of
speech, but can be adapted for other skills.
Make a list of words to pop up on the board
Give the student a part of speech to identify (ex.- verbs)
If the word that pops up is a verb, they say the word.
If it is not, they call out “Buzz!”

30. Story Starters

31. Twitter Table

32. Hold foldables and flashcards

35. Wonderopolis.org for informational text by grade level

36. Unfinished Work

37. Rounding Jingle Find your place Look next door
5 or greater, add one more
Numbers in front, stay the same
Numbers behind, zero is your name!

38. Ketchups and Pickles Ketchups have work to “ketchup” on
Pickles are caught up and can “pick” an activity

39. Character Analysis

40. Donorschoose.org Get items, games, books, etc. for your classroom!
Set up a free account and create a project (try to keep it at $400 or less for best chances at getting it funded)
Share and get donations for your project!
Donations are sometimes matched
Once it’s funded, you get your items!

41. Some new items we’ve found and love!

46. Complaints and Resolutions

47. Learning Aids

48. Student Games

49. Student Grouping

50. Student Grouping

51. Student Organization

52. Punch Out!

53. Teacher Resources

54. Mystery Hero

55. Pinterest Tip

56. Websites and Apps

57. Take advantage while you’re here!