New Teacher Series Part 3: A "Lucky 13" List of Things to Remember
Why did any of us decide to join the education profession? The bigger picture of that “...
Addressing Your Student's Social Learning Loss Post-Pandemic
How does your school navigate the post-pandemic social learning loss syndrome? Many schools...
10 Ways to Help Your High Achieving Students Find Their Passion
As a teacher, has it ever struck you that we often tend to differentiate content for low...
Why Bringing Back Career Testing Could be Beneficial
Experts have successfully used career testing for decades to determine suitable career options based on...
Protecting Your Prep Time
Prep time is precious to teachers. In fact, it's dang near sacred. Between lesson planning, grading assignments, parent-teacher...
A Hero's Journey: Movie Edition
Modern society places a hero in a position of struggle only to come off conqueror. Society is packed full of examples of the...
Treasure Map Math
Grade 5: Geometry
Common Core Standard: CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.1 “Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a...
Geometry: Building a Tiny (Paper) House
Grade Level: 4
Subject: Mathematics
Common Core Standard: 3.MD.C.5 Understand Concepts of Area and Relate Area to...
Using Minecraft to Encourage STEAM
Commonly known as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), STEAM now adds another subject to its acronym...
Teaching Coping Skills to Anxious Students
If you've taught for some time, you know that everyone in school struggles with anxieties, at least to some...
Embrace Cellphones in Your Classroom
The cellphone-in-class debate is not new, and several schools across the US have prohibited their use during class....
5 Ways to Use Parents More in Your Classroom
While the students' focus and effort are significant to their classroom success, it's also essential to...
ReReading is Not Studying: 5 Effective Study Techniques
Re-reading and highlighting are students’ most common revision strategies worldwide. When re-reading...
5 Ways to Build Trust with Your Students
Sometimes, the one-size-fits-all approach applied in regular class settings may not work for particular students....
Teaching Life Skills that go Beyond the Classroom
Every school has set skills they teach their students. But many schools have stopped teaching life skills...
Burnt Out? How You Can Bring Change to Your School District
Seasoned educators know that “teacher burnout” isn’t just a tired cliché; it’s the sad reality...
Annotating Text using Text Symbols
The human brain has 86 billion neurons, and each of these neurons forms a network, all passing notes, and signals, called...
Character Analysis through Hamilton Song Lyrics
There's a reason it's easier to remember song lyrics than detailed information; songs present detailed...
New Teacher Series Part 2: Classroom Management Tips & Tricks
Almost anyone can imagine the terrifying scene: thirty or so kids screaming at top volume...
Continuity Over Packing it in: The Case for Looping Up with Your Students
As teachers we are focused on the emotional impact we had with our students. We...