How to Regain Your Love of Teaching
…committed to totally flipping my class, so that is a 2-3 year project. But each year I look at what I want to try or improve. That and some really…
…committed to totally flipping my class, so that is a 2-3 year project. But each year I look at what I want to try or improve. That and some really…
…other subjects later. Teaching poetry early in the year gives your students a new voice with which to express themselves all year long. They might want to write a poem…
…that celebrities and comedians like to paint a picture of students using number parts and number lines as adults, (ahem–Stephen Colbert) and I laugh right along with them…because using those…
One of my favorite projects at the end of the school year was to have my students create a classroom yearbook, which was essentially a giant scrapbook. The project was…
…special day is celebrated in April, but the date changes from year to year. Click here to find out when it’s celebrated this year. So, how to find those poems…
…reinforcing routines and procedures from day ONE! You may feel like you are wasting your time, but time spent early in the year will reap benefits later in the year….
…conduct the awards brainstorming session and to host a final, end of the year celebration. Because it would be difficult to present students with physical certificates this year, I created…
…year and I would have loved to have all my questions answered before I got started. If you haven’t given these a try yet, or if you would like to…
…that receives a large number of responses, I’ll compile the best answers to create a helpful blog post. That way your great ideas won’t get lost in Facebook land! …
…and I will be blessed with approximately nine months together; how do we want to spend that dash between August of this year and May of next year? Since we’ll…
…that first year, I’m very thankful for the lessons I learned. And once I learned from my mistakes and corrected them, the next year went much more smoothly. Effective classroom…
…days, I was ready to create more permanent teams that lasted a month or more. I hope these team formation tips will help you sail into the new school year!…
