Category: Teaching Tips

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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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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School’s out and it’s time to celebrate! Here are a dozen fun and effective strategies to turn your students’ end-of-the-year energy into instructional success!

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Creating a class yearbook is an exciting end-of-the-year project your students will love! This post includes teaching tips to ensure your success with this project!

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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 โ€“ 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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Read this Advice from Real Teachers blog post to explore 24 teacher-tested ideas for celebrating the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year with your students.

Read this Advice from Real Teachers blog post to explore 24 teacher-tested ideas for celebrating the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year with your

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Team greeting cards are a simple way to encourage students to show appreciation. Discover how easy it is to implement this powerful strategy in your

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DonorsChoose - A Jackpot of Classroom Funding!

Free Webinar for Teachers! Click here for the replay! Do you know about DonorsChoose.org? It’s an amazing organization that helps public school teachers in the

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Boost the effectiveness of your active engagement lessons with the FREE countdown timers described in this post!

Boost the effectiveness of your active engagement lessons with the FREE countdown timers described in this post!

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The Question Connection is a way for educators to connect with each other to ask and answer questions about teaching strategies and classroom management.

Got Teacher Questions? Read this post to find out how the Question Connection works, and then submit your question HERE. When I first started teaching I

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20 Terrific Quiet Signals That Work

When you teach hands-on lessons, it’s important to have an effective quiet signal! This blog post includes 20 quiet signals and attention signals that work!

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Category: Teaching Tips

DonorsChoose - A Jackpot of Classroom Funding!

DonorsChoose: A Jackpot of Classroom Funding!

Free Webinar for Teachers! Click here for the replay! Do you know about DonorsChoose.org? It’s an amazing organization that helps public school teachers in the U.S. get funding for their classroom projects. I received thousands of dollars from donors when I was teaching, and now I love telling others about

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The Question Connection is a way for educators to connect with each other to ask and answer questions about teaching strategies and classroom management.

The Question Connection: Advice from Real Teachers

Got Teacher Questions? Read this post to find out how the Question Connection works, and then submit your question HERE. When I first started teaching I was full of questions, and I continued to have questions when I tried new strategies or ran into difficulties. It used to be that we

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