Building EQ While Expanding IQ

Guest post by Neetu of Cinnamon’s Synonyms. I’m honored to be guest blogging for Corkboard Connections today. In this post, I’ll be sharing a vocabulary building activity that also serves…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…learn some tech-savvy methods as well as some tried-and-true ways to manage a classroom library. Today’s Question Ally, a fan of the Teaching Resources Facebook page, asked for help with…

Is Your Classroom ELL-Friendly?

…students in the United States are ELLs (English Language Learners)! Today I invite you to ponder some questions in order to determine whether your classroom is as ELL-friendly as it…

20 Tips for Motivating Gifted Kids to THINK!

…to take on challenges. Today’s Question Taylor is a fan of the Teaching Resources Facebook page who asked, “I’m working with a great group of gifted students. The only problem…

Host a Classroom Scrabble Tournament!

…the game. Don’t assume that kids know how to play, even if they own a game board. Most kids today don’t seem to know the basic rules of the game,…

12 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

…of time today….” Leave ‘em wanting more! Let them choose their own books. The biggest turnoff to reading is being required to read boring books. Provide a wide variety of…