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…

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,…