Students love writing on mini-whiteboards! Maybe because they are copying the teacher. Maybe because there’s no faster way to correct a mistake than to wipe it off these modern day slates. Maybe because they can write and re-write using colorful markers. Whatever it is, students who use mini-whiteboards learn more and are thoroughly engaged in the task at hand. One reason for this is that boards allow information to be processed in an active, rather than a passive, manner. Ac

All classrooms have students who learn at different paces. At our school teachers look for the best methods of teaching students with different learning paces. Through carefully chosen games and math routines, Mr. Pellico helps his 2nd graders grow in their Math knowledge. For example, after completing multiplication and division work, students are rewarded at the end of each week with a number game called "Number in the Sun". In this picture, students were playing the game w

Can students in music class be taught piano lessons on iPads? The answer is yes! Many music teachers may think of teaching classroom piano lessons, but the problem is that most classrooms don’t have enough space to house twenty or more electric keyboards. Similarly, many students would like to learn how to play the piano and have explored computer games that introduce keyboards. They may even be motivated to learn melodies from YouTube piano instruction videos. However, with

Nowadays, when using mobile devices, children are mostly engaged in watching videos and playing apps. Luckily, the leisure aspect is only one side of the coin when it come to the usefulness of mobile devices. iPads, for example, are being used as a powerful tool in education of individuals of all ages. With this in mind and through our collaboration with Apple, our 3rd and 4th grade students visited the Apple Walnut Creek store to learn about the iPads more educational funct

Our teachers at Wood Rose are always working hard to improve themselves as teachers and persons. This week the Academy staff spent an evening together discussing what it really means to be a leader in the classroom - to work with integrity, daring and a willingness to continually grow in our vocation as a teacher. We practice integrity in our classroom by modeling quality to our students. We live the virtue of daring when we stretch ourselves to try something new that will