Encouraging students to read is such an important piece of education, at all grade levels and ages, and across all subject areas. Even as a ...

If you've been around here a while, you probably have been hearing me talk about two topics that have been on my mind a lot lately.  Nam...

As you know, I have been really digging into the idea of a growth mindset and creating readings and reflection questions for students on a g...

Young upstanders and innovators: Check 'em out! Throughout the last several posts here , here , and here I have discussed the import...

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for writing this review I want to share a book with you that is particular...

As we near the end of the year, I want to share with you a new resource that I have been working on. It is a growing bundle of Earth Scien...

My Students Know the Content -- Why Do They Test So Poorly? You may have been taught and prepared to teach your students the content. You...

Why and how could you make memes with your students? We, as teachers, are always looking for ways to connect with our students and their liv...

3 Fail-Proof Strategies for Students with Low Literacy Skills A few years ago our evaluation scores were based on test scores, and we had ...

Background Image Attribution “seventy; words” flickr photo by RCabanilla https://flickr.com/photos/47662183@N04/4564071101 shared under a ...

ANNOTATING PDFS AND WEBPAGES IN GOOGLE CHROME If you use Google Drive with your students, or for your own use, you may want to share pdf f...

When my students take a test, I want them to reason through the answers, read carefully, support their thinking, and make connections to wha...

Every year as Halloween approaches, I think about what I want class to look like on that day.  There is no denying that its not a regula...

Sometimes you hear people saying that the purpose of warm-ups or bellwork is just to get kids settled at the start of class, and give the te...

I recently got an email from a teacher who used interactive notebooks, but wanted to get better at using them, and had some questions for me...

No matter your subject area, vocabulary is critical for speaking the ‘language’ of the subject, and for building up confidence and comfort ...

Here is a review activity that I have done with my classes. I find many students want a study guide, but don't know how to use it.  In m...

Sometimes when students are learning a lot of new information, it is difficult for them to organize it, or keep the parts together that g...

Another Freebie!!  Similar to last week, but that one was a big success, so hopefully some people will enjoy this. Last week I post...

I am trying to link up more frequently with Charity Preston's "Manic Monday" which is a huge resource of K-12 free resources. ...