Tips for Using Camp Chairs in the Classroom

…Chairs for Your Classroom Parent Donations – Put them on your school supply wish list for the classroom. They are quite inexpensive, especially at the end of the summer when…

Top 20 Tips for Landing a Teaching Job

…each teacher you have subbed for, and you will start to earn a good reputation. In addition, as teachers and administrators get to know you better, they will either try…

What Every New Teacher Needs to Know

…responses, but so many were so good that I could not whittle the list down to any less than 50! So relax and enjoy this week’s advice from real teachers!…

How to Get Kids to Slow Down with Their Work

…with Their Work Apparently many teachers have a similar problem, and lots of terrific strategies were shared. I eliminated duplicates and narrowed the list to what I felt were the…

The Ancient Secret for Wise Decisions

…talk about the wisest and goofiest decisions that can be made. To clarify Rule 4, and introduce excellent, wide ranging, critical thinking discussions, create a list of sentence frames. Here…

25 Bulletin Boards You Can Keep Up All Year

…some terrific ideas. I compiled the answers and removed duplicate responses, but I could not narrow the list down to any less than 25! Luckily you’ll only need one or…

20 Reading Skills to Teach with The Name Jar

…Korean name. Joey came to Unhei’s house. Joey showed Unhei his Korean name stamp. Story Elements – List title, author, characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, orproblem & solution. Strong Thought…

Building EQ While Expanding IQ

…stared blankly at the long list of words… or they would have selected a word without necessarily knowing how to use it in the right context! The images on my…