Make Your Year End a New Beginning

As this school year wound down, I found myself swamped packing things up. At my school, packing up is pretty… Read more Make Your Year End a New Beginning

Use a Standard Lesson-Plan for Your Substitutes

Being a substitute teacher is a thankless gig. Seriously, it sucks. Some students ignore or torment you, some of the teachers… Read more Use a Standard Lesson-Plan for Your Substitutes

Whether you’re a newbie or a grizzled old vet, the first days of school can be hectic. Meetings, surprise parent… Read more Plan! Plan! Plan!

Learning the names of your students is important for a teacher. But, to really bump up engagement and enhance learning,… Read more Use Student Skill & Interest Surveys

Have you read Stuck by Oliver Jeffers? It is hilarious! My children received it as a gift recently and we… Read more Board Books – For Students of All Ages

I recently conducted a quiz with my middle school students. It was a simple fill-in-the-blank open-note quiz designed to check… Read more All Teachers Should Be Language Teachers