Here are eight fun and unique ways to spend the last few days of the school year. The activities will leave your students with fun, positive memories of their experience in your classroom that they...
Here are a few ideas for teaching your students that Cinco de Mayo is about more than taco day in the school cafeteria. Help students separate Cinco de Mayo fact from fiction, all while introducing...
Mix business with pleasure this summer by getting some great ideas for motivating your students to read while enjoying some excellent young adult literature.
With the Common Core State Standards stressing the need for a drastic increase in the amount of nonfiction texts our students interact with throughout their school career, I’ve decided to “mix...
The majority of teachers have had to deal with students sleeping in the classroom. But how do we correct the behavior without wasting a ton of class time or sending our students the message that we...
While many educators think of March as Women’s History Month and may offer a lesson or two encouraging their students to recognize the many accomplishments and contributions women have made in our...
When I first became a middle-school teacher, I was thrilled to learn that a brief Greek/Roman Mythology unit was part of my curriculum. My students loved learning about the different Gods and...
Having spent time as both an Emotional Support teacher and a regular education teacher with identified students in my class, here’s a list of dos and don’ts that have helped me to best accommodate...
Now that I’m the one standing in front of the class instead of sitting in it, I imagine that there are things my teachers would have probably liked me to know that I didn’t understand at the time....
While it was common in the past for a teacher to only speak to parents during Back-to-School Night and Parent-Teacher conferences, teachers nowadays are expected to communicate much more frequently....