Teacher Essentials

Thankful for Books: Teaching Students About Censorship
While certain texts are more appropriate for specific age groups or areas of focus, broad-spectrum censorship is not something that educators support. Here are a few possible ways to frame this difficult conversation.

Modeling Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
Managing conflict constructively and creating conflict resolution processes results in realizing values, acknowledging attitudes, and developing new approaches to life.

Using Pop Culture to Teach History
Textbooks and works of art that aged well enough to be considered classics have come to constitute a canon of knowledge, separating appropriate information sources from the inappropriate. 

Lesson Planning

Possessive Nouns: Language Arts - 2nd Grade
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Teaching Self-esteem: Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Character Education Lesson Objective: To understand what self-esteem is and identify what each student is good at with Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

Teach About Sharing with The Mine-O-Saur
Character Education Lesson Objective: To understand why sharing is important and how much fun it can be.

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Professional Development

Keeping in Touch With Families All Year Long
For many parents, a phone call from a teacher means trouble. But it doesn't have to be that way. We can regularly contact students' families when nothing's wrong, just to share what their child is doing well and what's going on in the classroom.

Strengthening Family Engagement
This webinar course from the National AfterSchool Association was created to inspire out-of-school professionals to get families more engaged in the education and learning opportunities of their children in afterschool.

Administrators

Questions I Wish I'd Asked When Interviewing
Principals share the questions they recommend asking interviewers during a job search.

Fun Activities & Worksheets

Critical Thinking: Fruit Tree Addition
Fun worksheets that you can use with your students to build a wide variety of critical thinking skills.

Sudoku Puzzle # 25
Sudoku Puzzles are a perfect classroom activity for building students' logical thinking skills.

Phonics Word Search #25: Words That End With -ng
Use this word search puzzle to reinforce phonics skills that you teach in the classroom.

Fact Monster: United States and South America
Students build research skills and cultural literacy as they learn about a wide variety of topics.

Writing Bug: Name That Tune
Fun writing prompts for improving students creative writing skills!

Morning Math: Week 14 (Question Groups 27 and 28)
Use "Morning Math" to build math enthusiasm and skills in your school.

Fun Worksheet: Soft T-Rex (non-fiction: science)
Kids will love learning about science with these fun activities!