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

…a ‘Crunch,’ call _____.” Then staple a mini crunch bar to the card. Teachers love creative stuff like that!) Once you get an interview, send a thank you note to…

Honoring 9/11 – A Delicate Balance

…share. 2. Discuss The Man Who Walked Between the Towers You can use the set of question cards shown below to discuss the book with your students. Because of the…

Host a Classroom Scrabble Tournament!

…the computer by working in cooperative learning teams. Students in teams can put their heads together to come up with a word to beat the computer. Call on each team…

5 Ways to Help Students Become Word Collectors

…tried even when it was tough! That’s called “perseverance”. Can anyone else think of a time you “persevered” when things were tricky for you? Getting better at infusing vocabulary into…

Family Science Night: Hands-on, Minds-on Fun!

…http://carolwooten.weebly.com/science-night/; however, remember that the list is not cookie-cutter. It can be adapted to meet the needs of various schools. Develop a school team of interested members and delegate a…

Halting Back Talkers in Their Tracks!

…smart choices” is marvelously general, addressing every decision a child (or adult!) can make. Rule 4 can be applied to any issue not covered by the first three rules. So,…

Teaching with Dry Erase Boards

…or the rectangular ones. I love Julia’s boards because they are 2-sided and can be customized with different surfaces. You can choose between an unlined surface, handwriting lines, graph paper,…