12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…and older students will enjoy reading ebooks on free Kindle software that you can download from Amazon.com and display on your computer. What are some of your favorite ways to…

3 Mindful Classroom Teaching Strategies

…coupons to give to their friends and one student a day writes a compliment to the VIP on the whiteboard daily as part of our morning message. Once they understand…

How to Cope with a Disrespectful Parent

…this situation. Here’s what she wrote: “The parent of two of my students is being completely inappropriate in her communication with me. She is harassing, called me names, and cussed….

Teaching Informational Text with Magazines

With the Common Core emphasis on teaching informational text, you might be wondering where to find appropriate texts for reading instruction. Most classrooms are overflowing with great children’s literature and…

The Power of Audio Books

…reading comprehension test scores before and after the study, and every single student made significant gains. The average score rose from 41% of their reading comprehension answers being correct in…

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

…events in Dr. King’s life and his impact on the civil rights movement in a way that’s very easy to understand. BrainPOP.com has a number of resources to go along…

Plickers Made Easy with Task Cards

…the Plickers.com website, sign up for a free account, and take a peek around the site. But before you do anything else, watch my free webinar, Interactive Teaching with Plickers….