Guest post by Kady Dupre Here’s a word problem for you: Miss Friday’s class does a daily word problem. Ten of her students are great at
Guest post by Kady Dupre Here’s a word problem for you: Miss Friday’s class does a daily word problem. Ten of her students are great at
Guest post by Kelly Witt Differentiation is the buzzword that just keeps on buzzing! Teachers, administrators, and evaluation systems are placing more and more emphasis
Guest post by Shawna Devoe My name is Shawna and I am the author of The Picture Book Teacher’s Edition blog. I believe that every book
Guest post by April Smith One of my goals at the beginning of this school year was parent engagement. In the past, our school has sent
Guest post by Emily Liscom As teachers, we strive to push each of our students to his/her full potential. We have the responsibility to educate
Guest post by Renee Peoples “What can a third grader do with a 3D printer? How could it help them learn? Isn’t it just a fancy
Guest post by Greg Coleman from Mr. Elementary Math During my early years as a classroom teacher I felt that exit tickets were yet another initiative or
Guest post by Deb Hanson of Crafting Connections Do you have any ELLs in your classroom this year? According to the National Center for Education
Guest post by Tara, AKA The Math Maniac When I started teaching I loved multiplication and hated division. My students felt the same way. When I
Guest post by Catherine Reed, the Brown Bag Teacher As a fifth-grade ELA teacher, I spent many hours writing together with my students. We worked
Guest post by Jennifer Gonzalez The note from Mrs. F. came home two weeks into the school year: I’d like to talk with you about how
Guest post by Carol Wooten As one walks the hallway on the evening of Family Science Night, the echoes of excited young scientists fill the
Guest post by Kady Dupre Here’s a word problem for you: Miss Friday’s class does a daily word problem. Ten of her students are great at word problems involving addition, and only 7 seem to understand subtraction word problems. Five of her students are bored with the easy problems. Thirteen students are
Guest post by Kelly Witt Differentiation is the buzzword that just keeps on buzzing! Teachers, administrators, and evaluation systems are placing more and more emphasis on differentiation in the classroom. Sometimes, the thought of organizing lessons to meet the individual needs of all of your students can feel like an overwhelming
Guest post by Shawna Devoe My name is Shawna and I am the author of The Picture Book Teacher’s Edition blog. I believe that every book offers opportunities to compare, connect, infer, question, and visualize. I know that teachers are extremely busy and stressed trying to get everything done, planned and prepped.
Guest post by April Smith One of my goals at the beginning of this school year was parent engagement. In the past, our school has sent home between 3-5 flyers every week trying to get parents involved, with little success. I was frustrated with how much work I was putting into communicating with
Guest post by Emily Liscom As teachers, we strive to push each of our students to his/her full potential. We have the responsibility to educate each student academically, emotionally, and socially. In my classroom, the single most important thing I can teach my students is empathy. If my students are
Guest post by Renee Peoples “What can a third grader do with a 3D printer? How could it help them learn? Isn’t it just a fancy toy? When would a teacher find time for such a thing? Who would program it, run it, teach students about it? Where would it go? Why
Guest post by Greg Coleman from Mr. Elementary Math During my early years as a classroom teacher I felt that exit tickets were yet another initiative or showy thing to do. However, as the years progressed I came to realize the importance of exit tickets for both my students and myself as an
Guest post by Deb Hanson of Crafting Connections Do you have any ELLs in your classroom this year? According to the National Center for Education Statistics, an estimated 4.4 million students in the United States are ELLs (English Language Learners)! Today I invite you to ponder some questions in order
Guest post by Tara, AKA The Math Maniac When I started teaching I loved multiplication and hated division. My students felt the same way. When I started my career as a sixth grade teacher, almost half of my class had no idea how to divide. Worse, they had no idea what
Guest post by Catherine Reed, the Brown Bag Teacher As a fifth-grade ELA teacher, I spent many hours writing together with my students. We worked on developing ideas, learning writing conventions, giving opinions, and most importantly, organizing our thoughts. My students were expected to learn three differentiated classes of writing,
Guest post by Jennifer Gonzalez The note from Mrs. F. came home two weeks into the school year: I’d like to talk with you about how we can make reading time more challenging for Ruby. When can we meet? Although I knew my daughter was an advanced reader, I had accepted
Guest post by Carol Wooten As one walks the hallway on the evening of Family Science Night, the echoes of excited young scientists fill the school building. From extracting strawberry DNA to investigating a car that runs on alternative fuel to constructing a Rube Goldberg machine from everyday materials, the
