Teach Kindness on Pay It Forward Day

Have you ever heard of Pay It Forward Day? Each year, on April 28th, we’re encouraged to perform random acts of kindness for friends, family members, and even total strangers….

Teaching Kids to Express Appreciation

How often do we take time to tell others that we appreciate them? We might let our family members know we care, but do we provide time for students to…

Drama Circles: Cooperative Learning FUN!

…the year barriers and actively practicing all the skills they will need to have a successful school year: They need to listen to each other to keep the activity going…

How to Create a Classroom Yearbook

…Step Directions: If possible, show students an example of a family scrapbook or yearbook. Point out details about the arrangement of pictures and elements on the page. If you have…

Gifts for Santa’s Scientists

…are so clear you could easily pick it up 3 minutes before class and be ready to teach the lesson. I love how she has written Day 1 number 1,…

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

…events in Dr. King’s life and his impact on the civil rights movement in a way that’s very easy to understand. BrainPOP.com has a number of resources to go along…

How to Track Oral Reading Fluency

…not as fluent. Then I showed them how to time each other for one minute as they read aloud, and how to help each other calculate the average number of…

Daily Report Homework Solution

…on Friday for a certain number of Satisfactory ratings, this report works very well to stop problems in their tracks. You can download this Daily Report by clicking above. It’s…