Category: Teaching Tips

Listen to the Inspired Teaching Made Easy Podcast to discover how to engage both your heart and your mind to improve your teaching practice.

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Classroom Economy systems are an exciting way to teach financial literacy skills. This free resource makes it easy to create your own classroom economy system!

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Multiple intelligence theory and growth mindset are powerful tools for helping kids discover their strengths and learn how to overcome challenges they face.

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Whole Brain Teaching is an exciting method of delivering instruction developed by Chris Biffle. Download a free set of posters to introduce his 5 classroom-transforming rules.

Whole Brain Teaching is an exciting method of delivering instruction developed by Chris Biffle. Download a free set of posters to introduce his 5 classroom-transforming

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Team Scoot – A New Twist On An Old Favorite

Have you heard of the popular class review game called Scoot? It’s a whole class activity that gets kids up and moving from one seat

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20 Tips for Motivating Gifted Kids to Think

Discover 20 helpful tips for motivating gifted kids to enjoy thinking deeply. Teach them to love tackling problems by helping them develop a growth mindset.

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Discover teaching tips for helping your students reflect on what they’ve learned during a class field trip. Free Field Trip Follow Up Report included!

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Five Looks on a Book is a simple and fun activity that offers a fun twist on the traditional book report. Students name five adjectives that describe their book and then write one supporting detail for each adjective. Freebie in the post!

Looking for a fun twist on book reports? Check out the “Five Looks on a Book” strategy described in this post, and download this free

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Active engagement activities are an important part of classroom instruction, but is getting kids up and moving causes disruption, these activities become ineffective and chaotic.

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Taking time to plan effective cooperative learning teams will ensure a smooth start to the new school year. Check out these helpful team formation tips!

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Do your students know how to have REAL conversations in which they listen to others and connect their ideas? This post describes concrete strategies you

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Out with Answer Keys – In with QR Codes!

Out with Answer Keys – In with QR Codes! Learn how QR codes can solve the answer key problem. Download a free set of 24

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Category: Teaching Tips

Team Scoot – A New Twist On An Old Favorite

Team Scoot – A New Twist on an Old Favorite

Have you heard of the popular class review game called Scoot? It’s a whole class activity that gets kids up and moving from one seat to another as they solve problems. Before the game, place a different task card on each student’s desk, and give each student a blank numbered

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Five Looks on a Book is a simple and fun activity that offers a fun twist on the traditional book report. Students name five adjectives that describe their book and then write one supporting detail for each adjective. Freebie in the post!

Fun Twist on Book Reports!

Looking for a fun twist on book reports? Check out the “Five Looks on a Book” strategy described in this post, and download this free graphic organizer to use with the lesson!

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You Can Put a STOP to Classroom Disruption!

Active engagement activities are an important part of classroom instruction, but is getting kids up and moving causes disruption, these activities become ineffective and chaotic. The Erase-a-Letter Strategy is an easy way to keep students on task during cooperative learning lessons. This strategy is for “whole class” management when students are moving

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