Motivating the Unmotivated: How to Motivate Students
Our first reaction with students who are unmotivated is frustration and annoyance. It’s easy to think about just throwing that student out of our room
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Organizing Posters: Five Steps to End Poster Chaos
Wait, posters? Does anyone use those anymore? I remember once cruising the teacher store catalog looking at posters, posters, and more posters. Oh, the variety
Speaking & Listening Conversation Cards
We have several Common Core Standards that require students to practice their speaking and listening skills. If your students are like mine, they tend to
Reporting Behavior in the Classroom
Let’s face it! Every teacher has at least one student in his or her class that is a bit, shall we say, challenging. That challenging
Review Games: DIY Human Bingo
Looking for great review games? How about some B-I-N-G-O? It’s a tried-and-true student favorite in every classroom, and it surely will be in yours too!
DIY Teacher Hacks: 4 Hacks to Make Your Life Easier
We all know teachers aren’t exactly made of money, time, and, well… energy. Thankfully, these DIY (Do-It-Yourself) teacher hacks don’t require a whole lot of
HOT Button Kids: Managing Difficult Students
There he goes again. Tap! Tap! Tap! He’s tapping his pencil. Now he’s slowly meandering around the room (much like Billy from Family Circus). And…
Read Alouds For Back to School
It’s back to school time! Time to start thinking about those first week activities and planning for the new year! So, what should I share?
Organize Your Meeting Notes: It’s Quick & Easy!
One of the things I like to do when getting organized is to create a notebook where I keep everything. It’s not a three-ring binder,
Attention, Please. We Have a Book Emergency!
I really loved Donalyn Miller’s book The Book Whisperer when it came out a while back, so you can imagine my excitement when she recently released
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20 End of the Year Activities to Engage Your Students
April 14, 2022
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Let’s face it. At the end of the year, your students have high energy and are super excited that school is about to end. And
10 Hands-On Plant Activities
April 11, 2022
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When I was in college, I did not like learning about plants. It was a boring class and the professor had a monotone voice. I
6 Things You Need to Do When Student Testing
February 17, 2021
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Regardless of whether your school is teaching virtual, in-person, or somewhere in-between, there are still school districts that are testing their students. Maybe these districts
10 Black History Month Activities for Your Classroom
February 11, 2021
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February is Black History Month. With everything going on in our classrooms (parent/teacher conferences, Valentine’s Day, 100th day of school, President’s Day, and COVID, to
Engaging Ways to Teach Equivalent Fractions Virtually
February 3, 2021
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Teaching equivalent fractions is no easy feat, and when you throw in the thought of having to teach it online remotely, one’s brain begins to
10 Ways to Make Valentine’s Day Special for Your Sweet Students
January 27, 2021
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Valentine’s Day is such a fun holiday to celebrate in the classroom. It’s the perfect day to express to students just how much they mean
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