Posted inCurrent Events in Education

Mrs. Brown, is this World War 3?

After the holiday break, my students entered the classroom well-rested and eager to discuss current events.   I had jokingly declared that we would start a war after the break, with the understanding before the events of the assassination of the Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, that the war we would “start” would be world war one. […]

Posted inInstruction & Curriculum

Keeping Your Head Down?

Today, a listicle came across my Facebook feed, asking people what the worst piece of career advice they had ever received was. They ranged from the well-intentioned and seemingly sensible, to the outright insane. It made me think, What would mine be? “Keep your head down.” In all careers, I’m sure, but especially in teaching, […]

Posted inFeatured, From the Front Lines, Instruction & Curriculum, Opinion, Uncategorized

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? The Math and Reading Versions

In school math was a subject I approached with trepidation. I usually was the last kid in class asking my teacher to check my problems so that I could continue my homework when I was at home. Here at The Educator’s Room, we’ve written about math instruction intensively especially with the introduction of new tests based […]

Posted inCommon Core, Elementary School, Featured, Instruction & Curriculum, Middle School, Social Studies

Teaching Strategy: Adding Primary Sources to Elementary Social Studies

I don’t care which television news channel you select – I hate them all. Why? There are a variety of reasons. For one, they are all emotion, little fact. They focus on sound bites instead of the whole speech. They care way too much about celebrity and not about the common person. Most of all, […]