5 Ways to Make Your Students Smile

sign your name or even write a few words. People will appreciate you thanking them for the smile they brought you. Try it! Here is to wishing you a year…

15 Super Gifts for Student Teachers!

…everyone sign the front! One of the most memorable gifts I ever received! Shelley Pace – I usually give them a tool set for the classroom. One of those things…

How to Create a Class Handbook that Rocks!

…had parents tell you during a conference that they didn’t know their child would lose credit on late assignments or that they needed to sign their child’s daily reading log?…

20 Terrific Quiet Signals That Work!

Signals Effectively Quiet signals are also known as “attention signals” because students are expected to get quiet AND turn their attention to the speaker. In episode 6 of Inspired Teaching…

Plickers 102: Innovative Ways to Use Plickers

…how it works. Plickers is a free program that’s a cross between hand-held “clickers” and paper QR codes. It’s an amazing formative assessment tool that provides academic performance data in…