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Ten Simple Strategies to Re-Energize Your Lessons
How you organize the material can determine if your students engage in the lesson or not. I’ve rounded up strategies teachers can use to grab students’ attention.
12 Attention-Grabbing Ways To Begin Your Lesson
We all have our go-to ways to start a lesson in our classroom. I rounded up my top 12 ways to get students’ attention as you start your lesson.
How To Support Your Struggling Readers
Are you looking for ways to support your struggling readers? Let me help!
The Best Way to De-Stress Lesson Planning
Planning units changed my teaching completely. I felt more in control of my class, because I knew what students needed to learn and how my lessons fit together. I no longer stressed about having plans each week, because I had plans ready for a few weeks. I felt more relaxed and effective.
How to Use Interactive Notebooks for American History
There are ways to implement interactive notebooks – and things that don’t work as well. Here is what I found worked best with my history students and what didn’t work.
The Benefits of Using Digital and Traditional Interactive Notebooks
I taught upper elementary and middle school students for twenty years, and a common problem with this age group is difficulty with organizing their work. After creating interactive notebooks, students passed with flying colors.
Whole-Teacher EclecticCon 2020
We know that great teaching is about so much more than just academics. When was the last time your PD acknowledged that teaching the whole-child starts with nourishing the whole-teacher?
BalloonPop™ Digital Review Games for ELA and Math
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to review language arts and math skills with your upper elementary students? Check out BalloonPop™!
7 Ways to Recharge your Batteries
While you may be concerned with what the fall will look like, now is the time for you to take some time to recharge your batteries.
Over twenty plus years, my educational career has spanned four continents and two states, as well as eight grade levels!
