In grade school, did you ever ask yourself 'when am I going to ever use or need this?' I know I have and did a few times in undergrad. One thing I enjoy doing is helping my students make connections of what we're learning to real life. I don't want my students to constantly ask themselves when am I going to ever need this or what's the purpose of learning this concept. To help minimize the chance of them asking that (although I know for sure they will some day), I create activities that allow them to associate the learning to something in the real world.

One thing I know about myself is that I enjoy food! I also know that my students love food too! (LOL) Sometimes the greatest instructional l...

One thing I enjoy doing is becoming an exciting character for my students. It could be something as simple as changing my voice, changing ma...

So, in my class, we played a little soccer. Perimeter and Area Soccer that is! When I tell you guys this was an awesome and engaging activit...