Today's Classroom Activities :

What’s in a Name?

"Signing" Your Name
Language Dactylology, or finger spelling, comes from the Greek words daktulos ("finger") and logia ("discourse"). Sign language is an example of dactylology. Research American Sign Language (ASL) and Signed English (SE). Invite a sign language specialist to your class. Learn signs together; practice and try to communicate.

What's in a Name?
Social Studies/History Make maps of your local community and list the streets and avenues. Research how the towns and streets got their names. Were they named for places residents immigrated from? Were they at the time (and are they still) geographically descriptive (Wall Street or River Road, for example)?

Name Games — Is it all in the name? Play these fun math games with your students and find out!

Personalizing the math you teach can make a difference in your students' success with an intimidating subject. Read The Learning Equation by Mary Ellen Bafumo to find out why.