Adult Coloring – Art Therapy for Teachers!

…they need opportunities to color material with smaller areas and shapes to match their more advanced fine motor skills. As much as we use our phones, other mobile devices, and…

How to Cope with a Disrespectful Parent

…to me in a completely inappropriate manner. She had never even visited my classroom, yet she began attacking my teaching methods, my classroom management style, my grading policies, and she…

Team Stop Signs Help Kids Stop and Refocus

…effort to keep their voices down. Unfortunately, it just takes one team to get wound up and excited, and soon the noise level in the entire classroom begins to escalate….

6 Reasons to Teach Poetry in the Fall

When do you start teaching poetry in your classroom? If you wait until April because it’s National Poetry Month, consider introducing poetry during the first few months of the school…

How to Get Started with Boom Cards

Whether you’ll be starting the school year online, in the classroom, or both, one of your biggest challenges will be finding digital resources that can be adapted for the new…

Free Halloween Word Work – Seek & Spell Fun!

…in Google Classroom, but if you don’t use Google Classroom, you can download them as PowerPoint files and assign them in other learning management programs. If you’d like to give…