Finding ways to develop oneself professionally can be daunting for any educator. In a profession as significant as teaching~ success in the classroom...
Do you want to make a student or the whole class feel like a rock star?Just get them some press.Kids love to see themselves in the newspaper. I guess...
While Apple has been silent on the topic, rumors about a smaller iPad are picking up, and a German Web site claims to have the goods on the device’...
The ADHD Awareness Coalition and TotallyADD.com recently partnered up to launch a video contest aiming to bring awareness to Attention-Deficit/...
This story begins with two girls and an injured hawk.Well~ it really begins with a cardboard box.As the teacher of gifted at my school~ I had a first...
Hi there! I am still working on the CAR for The Spider and The Fly~ hopefully I will finish it up this weekend!Do your students struggle with making...
Maureen Gildein, the principal at Shady Grove Elementary School in Advance, NC, saw that her teachers were wiped cleaner than a blackboard. So far,...
I have a resource where kids can learn some fun and informative facts about pumpkins~ just the thing for this time of year. I wanted to update that a...
A new documentary is stoking the fires of educational debate as is makes its way through its release schedule. The Revisionaries is on par with...
Few would argue with the notion that public education in America needs to improve to ensure that our country remains prosperous in the coming years....
Vevgeny Salinder~11~ recently went for a walk and has made an amazing discovery~ a well-preserved body of a 30~000 year old woolly mammoth! Found...
During the last week of school~ I decided to try an experiment. Inspired by a documentary about John Hunter~ the fourth grade teacher who created the...
Off the coast of Queensland~ Australia is the world's largest coral reef in the world~ Scientists say the reef that extends for 1600 miles in the...
I've develop lots of resources and activities to use with students for the Presidential Election for grades 4-9.Check them out at this link:http://...
Oyez~ Oyez...Do you know what happens every year on the first Monday of October? The Supreme Court~ the highest court in our country~ opens for a new...
Sometimes~ it feels like a no-win situation.You position the students desks facing each other~ in cooperative learning style~ and their eyes are on...
Your traditional paperback and hardcover books aren't going anywhere anytime soon, but you might be seeing a lot less of them in the hands of average...
Want to dip your toe into the "flipped classroom" water without a big investment or learning curve? A free online tool that records actions on one'...
I am back with yet another Common Core teacher resource book. I have spent the past few days reading through the first grade section of Common Core...
The Common Core Lesson Book K-5 by Gretchen Owocki arrived on my doorstep late yesterday evening. Luckily for me, we had early release today at...