School Sticks for Summer Fun!

…do 2-3 sticks a day for 5 days a week. By using these sticks, children will have an opportunity to work on their math using items around the house like…

Falling in Love … With a Poem

Day Poem in Your Pocket Day is a perfect way to share a love for poetry with your students. Find a poem you love. Share it. Simple! Each year this…

What Makes a Parent Love a Teacher

…and she’d read them all – every entry– by reading four or five a day – and respond to what the kids had written. To this day, those journals are…

How to Create a Class Handbook that Rocks!

…school, but DON’T spend the entire first day going over it! Instead, only cover the very most important information on the first day, and space out those discussion with other…

Investigating Condensation and the Water Cycle

…students to name three examples of condensation in everyday life and watch their eyes glaze over. Huh?? Most kids understand that precipitation is a fancy word for different forms of…

A Dozen Fun Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

…on Friday for “Fun Friday.” Each teacher signs up to host a different activity: Inside Games, Outside Play, or Study Hall. In order to participate in Fun Friday, students must…

Cooking Up a Caring Classroom

…Monday and one on Friday, but they were so effective that I soon implemented daily morning meetings. For about 20 minutes each morning we gathered on our carpet to set…

Top 20 Tips for Landing a Teaching Job

…week, I choose a few to feature on Facebook each day, where you’re invited to chime in with your advice. When I see a post that receives a large number

Pumpkin Predictions Measurement Fun!

…the October Activities Pack and print out the chart from there. Pumpkin Predictions Procedure Have students number off around the team, and Person #1 becomes the first recorder. Each team…

Free Fall Math Word Problem Puzzlers

…remarkable! Here’s how it worked. Each Monday, I gave my students a worksheet with four word problems. They solved one problem each day Monday through Thursday, and they had to…