Those who know me in real life know that I LOVE a good lifehack. I am obsessed with not only finding a great lifehack but I am also obsessed with telling everybody I know about something cool I just learned. I'm almost an evangelist.  Although this school year is very different than the way some have taught in the past I'm finding that it is full of #teacherhacks (lifehacks that apply to the teaching and learning world). I am going to try my best during this super crazy school year to focus on the positive and share some of these hacks I have found. Please follow me as I prepare to share a couple gems a week.

 Those who know me in real life know that I LOVE a good lifehack. I am obsessed with not only finding a great lifehack but I am also obsessed with telling everybody I know about something cool I just learned. I'm almost an evangelist.  Although this school year is very different than the way some have taught in the past I'm finding that it is full of #teacherhacks (lifehacks that apply to the teaching and learning world). I am going to try my best during this super crazy school year to focus on the positive and share some of these hacks I have found. Please follow me as I prepare to share a couple gems a week. Here's one I didn't know until today: Credit goes to Yinka Boudreaux on twitter https://twitter.com/LangIsLit

I want to start off by saying that Partner Games have changed my classroom for the better! Partner games are perfect for practicing science skills. Because there are only two students working together, both students are working, and none are left out. There is also instant accountability as the partners (when chosen appropriately) hold each other accountable. The partner games I use (and the ones I am sharing with you) are very consistent. This allows me to teach my students the directions and expectations for the five types of games at the beginning of the year. Then, I can use those same partner games all year long with different math content and skills, and my students immediately know what to do. Let’s take a look at my partner games. Roll and Calculate To play this game the students take turns rolling the 3 dice and calculating the gradient. Since each pair of students has different numbers they cannot copy from their neighbors. Each student double checks ...