Five Ways to Teach Your Students Empathy

…conversation and problem solving. Students will not learn this in a day. You are one of their most influential role models so use it to your advantage and know that…

15 Super Gifts for Student Teachers!

…I still have these books and precious memories in my class today. Shauna Isenhour – My cooperating teacher and class painted a chair for me with the kids handprints! I…

The Magic Solution to Missing Assignments

…effective system I’ve ever used for dealing with the problem of missing assignments. How Fun Friday Works Fun Friday is a weekly event that 3 or 4 teachers organize and…

6 Reasons to Teach Poetry in the Fall

…But no matter when it starts, sooner or later you’ll feel the pressure to cram as much instruction into every day as possible. And that kind of pressure doesn’t leave…

Free Halloween Word Work – Seek & Spell Fun!

phonemic awareness and phonics lessons, there’s just not enough time for true spelling instruction in the upper grades. This is unfortunate because upper elementary students still need lots of practice…

Daily Math Problem Solving and the Common Core

…career, I struggled with how to incorporate this practice into an already-packed curriculum. I finally developed an easy plan that takes just ten or fifteen minutes a day, and this…