5 Ways to Engage Parents Using Google Drive

…Drive and is completely private unless you change the settings to share it. If you share students with other teachers, this is a great way to share contact information, and…

Math Problem Solving: Knowing Where to Begin

…The assessment is available in two versions, the American Version which uses customary measurement and the International Version which uses metric measurement. If you’d like to use these assessment with…

5 Engaging Ways to Introduce New Content

…the American Revolution, don’t you think? Ask questions like “What do you think ‘up and to arm’ means?” or “What is the mood of these lines?” or “Is the narrator…

20 Tips for Motivating Gifted Kids to THINK!

…this to your principal and even send a letter of the change in expectations. Make sure you explain your goal is to produce the Best Most Productive student you can…..thinkers…

What Makes a Parent Love a Teacher

…update it as you pick up more information about your students, because kids change and grow. Family configurations change. New passions develop. Who they are at the start of the…

Taming Blurters and Wanderers

…on. Hear those people yelling at each other over there? It’s Teaching Purgatory’s merry-go-round. Scolding doesn’t change behavior. If chastising a child transformed them into a model student, I’d write…

What Every New Teacher Needs to Know

…year you’ll find something you need to change or improve upon. Caitlin Riley – Document, Document, Document….it will help when parents/administrators ask why you gave a detention or why you…