Category: Guest Blog Post

Author Kristine O'Connell George shares her love of poetry in this guest blog post and offers tips for teachers who want to foster a love of poetry in their students.

Author Kristine O’Connell George shares her love of poetry in this guest blog post and offers tips for teachers who want to foster a love

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Poetry Paintings is an awesome upper elementary poetry lesson for teaching students how to analyze and visualize poetry! Free graphic organizer in the post!

Poetry Paintings is an awesome upper elementary poetry lesson for teaching students how to analyze and visualize poetry! Free graphic organizer in the post!

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Guest blog post by Rhoda Toynbee Using Google Classroom can streamline the tasks of assigning, collecting, grading, and returning student work. It saves hours of

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We know that current math standards require students to learn through modeling using manipulatives. I have been using LEGO bricks for many years to teach

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by Carolyn Wilhelm, Guest Blogger Oh, the joy of a really great novel with just enough suspense that the reader can barely put it down.ย 

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Guest blog post by Francie Kugelman Do you remember the thrill of dropping a marble into a maze and watching it roll, spin, and finally

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Guest post by Sarah Wiggins You’ve probably noticed pictures of STEM engineering challenges floating around the teacher blog world recently, especially if you happen to

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Adult coloring is all the rage these days. This is no surpriseโ€”as busy as our lives are in the 21st century, we are all looking

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Guest post by Michelle of Teach 1 2 3 I was watching one of my favorite shows, Undercover Boss, when I had a brainstorm! What

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Guest post by Alyssa from Teaching in the Fast Lane. Hello all! ย I am excited to be guest posting here on Laura’s blog. Today Iโ€™ll

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Guest post by Lindsay Perro of Beyond The Worksheet Do you have an interventionist in your classroom? Do you sometimes struggle with how to use

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Guest post by Neetu of Cinnamon’s Synonyms. I’m honored to be guest blogging for Corkboard Connections today. In this post, I’ll be sharing a vocabulary

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Category: Guest Blog Post

Google Classroom Management Tips

Guest blog post by Rhoda Toynbee Using Google Classroom can streamline the tasks of assigning, collecting, grading, and returning student work. It saves hours of time and eliminates those dreaded piles of papers that need grading (you know the ones that mock you from the corner of your desk). One

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How to Teach Addition of Fractions Using LEGO Bricks

We know that current math standards require students to learn through modeling using manipulatives. I have been using LEGO bricks for many years to teach students math concepts throughout the elementary and middle school curriculum. Itโ€™s a perfect math manipulative, and students love using the bricks, since many students are

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Child-Centered Reading Conferences

by Carolyn Wilhelm, Guest Blogger Oh, the joy of a really great novel with just enough suspense that the reader can barely put it down.ย  Teachers work so hard at getting to know which books will really grab individual children. We learn about their lives, their interests, and their reading

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Going Marbles for STEM Hands-on Learning

Guest blog post by Francie Kugelman Do you remember the thrill of dropping a marble into a maze and watching it roll, spin, and finally end at the bottom of your run? Having your students create a marble run can be a fantastic learning experience for your students, and it

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Adult Coloring – Art Therapy for Teachers!

Adult coloring is all the rage these days. This is no surpriseโ€”as busy as our lives are in the 21st century, we are all looking for healthy ways to relax, slow down, and connect with our creativity. The calming and therapeutic qualities that coloring has on children are the same

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Undercover Boss – School Style!

Guest post by Michelle of Teach 1 2 3 I was watching one of my favorite shows, Undercover Boss, when I had a brainstorm! What if a legislator, congressman, State Superintendent or Commissioner of Education went undercover in the schools in their districts? They would see the impact of the

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Using Grocery Flyers To Practice Math Skills

Guest post by Alyssa from Teaching in the Fast Lane. Hello all! ย I am excited to be guest posting here on Laura’s blog. Today Iโ€™ll be sharing an easy, low prep way of reviewing multiple math concepts with grocery flyers. If your mailbox looks anything like mine, it is overflowing

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Building EQ While Expanding IQ

Guest post by Neetu of Cinnamon’s Synonyms. I’m honored to be guest blogging for Corkboard Connections today. In this post, I’ll be sharing a vocabulary building activity that also serves to increase students’ emotional awareness! I have always had a strong belief that a high EQ (emotional quotient) is much

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