Earth Day Teaching Resources

…think you’ll like. It involves showing this free 20-minute Story of Stuff video. This video, created by Annie Leonard, explains where our stuff comes from and the problems faced by…

Quiet Signals and Timers

…can give them additional directions. The best quiet signals are quick, easy, and effective. Your quiet signal has to be something that you can use over and over all day…

Teaching Children Not to Be Rude!

…that way. If you can figure out the cause, it is much easier to develop the most effective solution. Use incidences of rudeness as teaching opportunities to better your students….

Teaching Kids How to Write Super Sentences

…super sentences. I began by teaching them the difference between fragments, run-ons, and complete sentences. Then we practiced revising and expanding basic “kernel” sentences to make them more interesting. Kernel…

12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…aloud to them. Choose books that you love, and read aloud with passion and expression. Get silly and change your voice to mimic the characters. (If you’re not comfortable doing…

Teaching with Dry Erase Boards

…your total order! Best of luck to those who enter the contest! Note: Please enter the contest only once. Submitting more than one entry will disqualify you from winning.  …

Interactive Whiteboards and Web Tools

…app, too. Definitely worth a look. Online Countdown Egg Timer – When you click the link, the timer won’t look like the one on the right. But after you enter…