Picture Perfect Teaching with Children’s Books
…on the staff were especially ingenious. I’ll never forget the teacher who purchased my picture book, You’re Wonderful, for her eighth grade class. When I raised my eyebrow at the…
…on the staff were especially ingenious. I’ll never forget the teacher who purchased my picture book, You’re Wonderful, for her eighth grade class. When I raised my eyebrow at the…
Have you used math stations or math centers in your classroom this year? If not, this is the perfect time to start! As you prepare for end-of-the-year tests, you need…
…caring classroom where bullying is not tolerated and students know that you will hold them to high standards of behavior and academic success. Visit the Caring Classroom page on Teaching…
…the book were from primary classrooms, and the strategy descriptions did not include enough detail for me to understand how to implement the program in an upper elementary classroom. Step-by-Step…
…islands with the class, they have to explain how those landforms might have been formed. We read books about weathering, erosion, and deposition, and even take walks outside to observe…
…a few years ago when I started using audio books with my struggling readers. I was using Classroom Book Clubs in my classroom on a regular basis, but I was…
Most teachers have heard of Literature Circles, or Classroom Book Clubs, but many find it difficult to add them to an already packed schedule. However, it’s worth finding time to…
…rectangle by calculating its area or perimeter, depending on the game played. My class loved it, so we decided that it needed a fun name. I remember Ryan piping up…
…secret of the sun; I first heard David McCord’s poem in the first of what would be many, many classes with noted poet and anthologist, Myra Cohn Livingston. Suddenly, I…
…book in the classroom, I turned to the Common Core State Standards. Lately I’ve been trying to align my resources to the CCSS, so I went online to do a…
…to your caring classroom climate that you and your students work together to create a class family promise, or social contract, delineating the values that you all promise to practice….
…express appreciation in the classroom? Team greeting cards are a simple way to encourage students to show appreciation for each other, and it only takes about 15 minutes to implement…