What Makes a Parent Love a Teacher

…worksheets. All of that is good and important: The more efficiently your class is run, the more hands-on your activities are, the more welcoming your classroom is, the better the…

3 Mindful Classroom Teaching Strategies

…works great at Writer’s Workshop when I am having students learn about Word Choice and improving their colorful adjectives and vivid verbs – bonus!) Once students got the hang of…

Weekend App Attack: 3 Great Classroom Apps!

…we have available in our classrooms is a bonus. The Opposites The second app on my list is called The Opposites by Mindshapes Limited. This free app is wonderful for…

Cooking Up a Caring Classroom

…My Thing and I Don’t Like to Share, includes specific strategies to help kids work more effectively in teams. As a further bonus, many of Julia’s books have a companion…

Google Classroom Management Tips

…content by folders (subject, month, topic) so it’s easier to access the activities you plan to assign. Most things that you assign in Google Classroom will come straight from your…

Family Science Night: Hands-on, Minds-on Fun!

…roles for students, especially fourth and fifth graders. Student ambassadors work to assist with sign design, greeting presenters, distributing programs, and creating thank you notes for all presenters. Schools may…

The Mystery of the Missing Freebies

…message I sent on December 27th with links to the new Subscriber Resources page and the page titled Laura’s Best Freebies. If you can’t find that email, sign up for…

Bio Poems for President’s Day

…to be free for my email subscribers. (Click the Freebies link in the menu to sign up.) This lesson includes complete directions for the basic poetry writing assignment, as well…