Posted inClassroom Management, Featured, Instruction & Curriculum, Literacy, Mathematics, Social Studies

"I'm Done!" – Challenging Students Who Finish Early

“We have noticed our child is not reading near the amount of books he read last year,” a set of parents commented at conferences.  “He still has a passion for reading and he reads at home, but we are not getting new books as often.”  This same student loves Tuesday in my classroom.  Tuesday is […]

Posted inFeatured, From the Front Lines, Instruction & Curriculum

Classroom Activity Breaks – Reap the Benefits!

Research continues to show that activity breaks in the classroom can lead to improved focus and performance by our students. As a Physical Educator, I get tickled when a classroom teacher drops off their students and says, “Run them! They are WILD today!” This happens more frequently during the winter months when recess time and […]

Posted inFeatured, From the Front Lines, Instruction & Curriculum

Fighting the Fear of Failure

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] This past week, the Smithsonian Education Lab’s #mpossible Twitter chat focused on how we as educators can get students to follow their passions. While the conversation hovered around having strong educators […]

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Charter School Diaries No. 2 – Paying Attention to Our Work

This was pre-midterm week at school. Anxiety was indeed high among the students and also among the administrators within my building. This week, I took the opportunity to recap everything I possibly could with my students – stuff that we had learned in September all the way up to last week. I handed out study guides that my students […]

Posted inInstruction & Curriculum, Special Education

Knocking Down Barriers to Inclusion

By now you know that inclusion is here to stay. The education of students with special needs is no longer the responsibility of just special education teachers. The inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education setting is now the norm rather than the exception. However, for many teachers (including special education teachers) there […]

Posted inClassroom Management, Elementary School, How to Fix Education, Instruction & Curriculum, Kindergarten, New Teacher Bootcamp, The New Teacher Chronicles, Uncategorized

Classroom Management: Ten Tips for New Teachers

The following article is from the “New Teacher Bootcamp” archives from the site. Each article is meant to not only empower new teachers but to let them know they are not alone in their struggles. Join us each week for new articles dealing with everything a new teacher would want to know.  1. Don’t be […]