Special education (page 14)
Supports for communication, behavior, motor skills, thinking and daily living.
- 30 second timerPage
A 30 second countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime and warning colours. For quick resets, transitions, and speed games.
- Effects of Diets High in Sucrose or Aspartame on the Behavior and Cognitive Performance of Children (1994)Page
In a double-blind trial, children described by their parents as sensitive to sugar showed no significant differences on any of 39 behavior and learning measures between a high-sugar diet and diets sweetened with…
- Matching learning style to instructional method: Effects on comprehension (2015)Page
Following the test design Pashler and colleagues called for, adults' auditory or visual learning-style preferences did not predict their listening or reading comprehension, and learning from an audiobook or an e-text…
- Presentation rubricPrintable
A free presentation rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): message, organization, voice and eye contact, visuals. Print it or open it in the rubric maker.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Promoting early adolescents' achievement and peer relationships: The effects of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic goal structures (2008)Page
Classes where students worked toward shared goals were linked to higher achievement and better peer relationships than classes where students competed or worked alone, and achievement and good relationships went…
- Spacing effects in real-world classroom vocabulary learning (2011)Page
Fifth graders taught unfamiliar English words in two sessions a week apart remembered more of them five weeks later than when the same teaching was crammed into one session, showing the spacing effect in a real…
- Test-Enhanced Learning: Taking Memory Tests Improves Long-Term Retention (2006)Page
Students who took recall tests on a passage, without feedback, remembered much more of it two days and a week later than students who spent the same time rereading it. Rereading won on a test five minutes later, and it…
- The Effect of Sugar on Behavior or Cognition in Children (1995)Page
Across blinded studies in which children ate a known amount of sugar or a sweetener placebo, sugar did not affect children's behavior or cognitive performance. The authors suggest parents' strong belief may come from…
- 1 minute timerPage
A 1 minute timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours, and full screen. Good for brain breaks, transitions and quick-writes.
- 2 minute timerPage
A 2 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for quick brain breaks and clean-up.
- 90 second timerPage
A 90 second countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime and warning colours. For quick resets, transitions, and speed games.
- 3 minute timerPage
A 3 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for warm-ups and think-pair-share.
- 4 minute timerPage
A 4 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for warm-ups and think-pair-share.
- 5 minute timerPage
A 5 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for warm-ups and think-pair-share.
- 6 minute timerPage
A 6 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for mini-lessons, quiet reading and journal prompts.
- 7 minute timerPage
A 7 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for mini-lessons, quiet reading and journal prompts.
- 8 minute timerPage
A 8 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for mini-lessons, quiet reading and journal prompts.
- 9 minute timerPage
A 9 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for mini-lessons, quiet reading and journal prompts.
- 10 minute timerPage
A 10 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for mini-lessons, quiet reading and journal prompts.
- 11 minute timerPage
A 11 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for independent reading, writing workshop and centers.
- 12 minute timerPage
A 12 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for independent reading, writing workshop and centers.
- 13 minute timerPage
A 13 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for independent reading, writing workshop and centers.
- 14 minute timerPage
A 14 minute countdown timer for the projector: big digits, a quiet chime, warning colours and full screen. Good for independent reading, writing workshop and centers.
- 4th grade sub plans: community and money dayPage
A free no-prep community and money day for 4th grade subs: a whole day about the three branches of government and a lemonade stand, with both passages, keys, a math sheet, breaks and the note.
Checked 2026-10-31