Solving the Hand Raising Problem

…have to also train yourself to NOT answer or call on those students. If you do, the students won’t believe you and will keep raising their hands. It all goes…

Free Multiple Intelligence Survey for Kids

…results will help your students identify their own strengths, and you’ll get to know your students better, too. Teaching your students how people are smart in many ways is so…

How to Regain Your Love of Teaching

…– I keep a ‘smile’ file with adorable cards/notes from students and also kind emails from parents & students. Looking back at them is inspiring – and makes me smile!…

How to Create a Classroom Yearbook

…scrapbooks from previous years, let students look at those to see examples of how the pages look. Tell students they will be designing their own scrapbook page, front and back….

6 Tips for Making the Most of Math Homework

…more practice at home. After most students are finished, review the assignment and discuss each problem so students understand the ones they missed. Post the homework assignment, and be sure…

How to Teach Social Skills, Step by Step

students or special needs students could benefit from watching an excellent video created by Model Me Kids called Time for School. This video shows students exactly how to perform specific…

The True Cost of Free Teaching Resources

…collaboration. Now it seems like bloggers are just trying to make a buck off their fellow teachers. If they truly cared about helping other teachers and students, they would offer…

15 Tips for Lining Up Your Class

…Young: Alpha by last name, alpha by first name, month of birth, table number (prime, composite, factors of x number, multiple of y number), rows, columns, how far they got…

Gifts for Santa’s Scientists

…the gifts and scientists based on what they remember. My students really enjoyed this activity, and I loved that fact that they had to conduct research, work with a team,…