Fostering a Growth Mindset with Brain Bucks

Teaching kids what it means to have a growth mindset is often easier than helping them replace their fixed mindset thoughts and behaviors with more empowering ones. For example, students…

Google Classroom Management Tips

…your class. This is a great place to add typing websites, learning platforms, or websites that your students need to access on a regular basis. Don’t overuse this feature, but…

Save Time and Paper with Mini ABC Books!

…booklet. Students complete the pages by writing a sentence for each letter and drawing one illustration per page. Since each half page has 4 alphabet letters but only one place

How to Create a Classroom Yearbook

…on the left side that’s free of words and images to allow for binding. You may want to do the gluing yourself to be sure everything is in place properly….

5 Tips for New Teachers

…that the 2nd year would be so much better, and they were right. By my 3rd year everything fell place and I began to love teaching. The rest is history!…

Power Reading Workshop and The Daily 5

…empower students to become better readers by allowing them to select and read books of their own choosing. In both programs, reading instruction takes place through mini-lessons, independent conferences, and…

Creating a Caring Classroom Family

…get up and dance. You know what they say; the family that plays together stays together! I is for Integrity Integrity is all about being in the right place at…

Make Your Mark on International Dot Day!

…students and celebrating Dot Day. The best place to begin is to visit the official Dot Day Website. From there you can sign up to get their amazing free Educator’s…

Weekend App Attack: 3 Great Classroom Apps!

…which involves one digit numbers. For third through fifth grade teachers, the Medium and Hard levels involve two digit numbers, and the Expert level involves three digit numbers. You can…

7 DonorsChoose Tips for Success

…take place on March 8th at 12 noon EST, and we hope you’ll join us. In August 2013, Laura and I began a community giving page called Caring Classrooms. In…