February Fun – Free Lessons You’ll Love!

…below. Writing Friendship Cinquains Since February is International Friendship Month, it’s a perfect time to write friendship poems. Cinquains are simple 5-line poems, and this activity will lead your students…

A Dozen Fun Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

…special page. The front of the page can include their name, a photo, illustrations, and other personal touches. Have each student write you a letter about the school year and…

Free Multiple Intelligence Survey for Kids

…the video tutorial below. I provided step-by-step directions and explained how to incorporate growth mindset best practices when sharing the results with your students. If you’d like to use the…

Solving Unknown Perimeter Mysteries

Mystery Perimeters Freebie Lesson Perimeter is a pretty simple concept to grasp, but finding unknown sides of irregular polygons can be challenging for kids. Solving these types of problems requires…

Cooking Up a Caring Classroom

…answer. They provided the perfect opportunity to work through the social and emotional issues that popped up throughout the year. I started having just two meetings per week, one on…

The Question Connection: Advice from Real Teachers

…best classroom practices. However, please refrain from self-promotion or providing links to teaching products. Advice from Real Teachers I love reading all of the responses to each question, and it…

Awakened: Hope for the Year Ahead

number of personal growth books about the impact of positive thinking on one’s life, but I had never seen those concepts applied to the teaching practice. When the book arrived,…

Top 20 Tips for Landing a Teaching Job

…Resources Facebook page. Each Wednesday at 8:30 pm EST, I post the Question Connection announement and teachers ask questions to be shared with the fans of the page. Through the…