Top 20 Tips for Landing a Teaching Job

Advice from Real Teachers Are you seeking a teaching position for next year? If so, you’ll want to check out the responses to this week’s top question on the Teaching…

Honoring 9/11 – A Delicate Balance

…what happened. Then ask them to read a news account or an encyclopedia article about Petit’s walk between the towers. I found a description of Petit’s walk in an article…

Host a Classroom Scrabble Tournament!

…Scrabble to your class as an educational game and a fun way to wrap up the year. To use the game in the classroom, you’ll need one Scrabble game for…

Family Science Night: Hands-on, Minds-on Fun!

…DNA to investigating a car that runs on alternative fuel to constructing a Rube Goldberg machine from everyday materials, the students are actively engaged in learning that will impact them…

Teaching with Dry Erase Boards

…or the rectangular ones. I love Julia’s boards because they are 2-sided and can be customized with different surfaces. You can choose between an unlined surface, handwriting lines, graph paper,…

Pumpkin Predictions Measurement Fun!

…the October Activities Pack and print out the chart from there. Pumpkin Predictions Procedure Have students number off around the team, and Person #1 becomes the first recorder. Each team…

Building EQ While Expanding IQ

…be able to label and identify what it is we are feeling before the management process can even begin! It became clear rather quickly that my lesson was a success!…

Getting Started with Whole Brain Teaching

…because it sounds truly transformative! If you’ve had a tough school year, WBT might be just what you need to turn things around next year! Disclaimer: Affiliate link included in…

15 Super Gifts for Student Teachers!

…some duplicates, there were over 150 unique ideas! I read through each and every one and selected 15 to share with you. The ideas below are not listed in any…