Classroom Strategies

The routines I use every week to help students take better notes, review smarter, and stay focused, explained so you can try them in your own room.

Note-Taking

Next-Day Notes

Cornell notes plus a 2-minute summary and three class-built questions the next day, with one-pagers on review days.

Classroom Routines

Brain Breaks

Eight quick resets, from Simon Says to a doubles-for-candy dice game, for when a class needs to move or refocus.