How to Cope with a Disrespectful Parent
…you in your classroom or in the hallway after school and begins verbally attacking you … and you are so stunned that you just stand there, completely tongue-tied! You know…
…you in your classroom or in the hallway after school and begins verbally attacking you … and you are so stunned that you just stand there, completely tongue-tied! You know…
Active engagement activities are an important part of classroom instruction, but if getting kids up and moving causes disruption, these activities become ineffective and chaotic. The Erase-a-Letter Strategy is an easy way…
…resources. Celebrate the end of the year by having fun with your class! Learning Centers One of the easiest ways to keep kids on task is to create some simple…
…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…
…of lessons. When students take turns completing a worksheet or teams work together to solve a problem, there’s really no way of knowing how much help each student received on…
…I was wearing, but the way my cooperating teacher captivated her students. She handed them their first homework assignment— writing a letter in response to a letter she had written…
…the child can tell why they don’t like to feel a certain way, it really lets students understand that particular emotion. 4. As a class, take the time to focus…
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. Teachers work so hard at…
…I walked away, I wondered if a subconscious belief like that might actually cause a teacher to have a tough year instead of a great year…. not be because the…
…I share how it impacted our classroom. It’s not really a printer in the normal sense of the word because it doesn’t create 2-dimensional images on a piece of paper….
…just one minute! At the end of that time, they were much calmer and quieter. I could tell that they had really had refocused on the activity. I also discovered…
…teams because discussing and debating the placement of the cards was really helpful as they grappled with the concepts. When they discussed a card, they had to talk over the…
