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…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…teachers responded, so I compiled the best answers and removed duplicates. I organized all of the checkout systems into two categories: technology systems and traditional systems. There’s also a third…

Awakened: Hope for the Year Ahead

…purchase it from Amazon.com, but I would recommend buying it directly from Angela herself on the Cornerstone for Teachers website. First of all, Angela sends her orders out by priority…

Power Reading Workshop and The Daily 5

…of instruction. Graphic Organizers Aligned with the Common Core The final piece of the puzzle can be found in Graphic Organizers for Reading: Teaching Tools Aligned with the Common Core….

Gearing Up for Next Generation Science

…and Cheryl at getcaughtengineering@gmail.com or via their Get Caught Engineering Facebook page. Be sure to leave them a comment here to tell them what you think about their engineering ideas!…

20 Tips for Motivating Gifted Kids to THINK!

…(if that makes sense). Mary Moncus – We do team competitions. My gifted kids are very competitive and working in small groups they can help and motivate each other. Pam…

Whole Brain Teaching’s Classroom-Transforming Rules

…substantial quantities of educational tomfoolery.” Classroom-Transforming Rules Blog Post Series An important component of Whole Brain Teaching is the Five Classroom Rules, so Chris will be writing a series of…

What Every New Teacher Needs to Know

…Facebook page, asked, “What’s the one thing a new teacher needs to know?” Over 400 educators responded with insightful and relevant tips. Wow! I compiled the answers and removed duplicate…

6 Reasons to Teach Poetry in the Fall

…Teaching kids to write poetry engages them in authentic writing experiences and begins to build their confidence as writers. In order for kids to learn how to read and understand…