#1 Have Them Help Demonstrate – Your first instinct might be to choose a model student to help demonstrate a task. Try picking a student who struggles to follow directions instead. You may have to give them a lot of guidance as they demonstrate in front of the class but then you know they have…
You stayed up late pulling together an awesome activity that is sure to be a slam dunk with your students. You go in early to make the copies and put everything in its place. When your students arrive you start presenting your material. “Boys and girls, today we’re doing a rock investigation for scie…” You…
I’ve been doing so much “serious” blogging lately that it’s starting to get a little stuffy around here! It’s time for some teacher humor! You know when you’re on a roll, checking things off your teacher to-do list like a boss, and then suddenly everything comes to a screeching halt because you can’t find….the GOOD…
Teacher Humor – I used to work in a smaller town that had one WalMart and that’s where you’d find everybody on the weekends. The second I got cranky with my kid, tried to pick out some underwear, or looked for any health and hygiene products…”HI MRS. BRAUN!!!” Ahhhh! It’s all fun and games…
Teacher Humor {{{SIIIIGGHHH}}} It’s been too long… definitely time for another installment of teacher humor! So we all know the student who is sure they’re being ever-so-helpful by SHHHHing the rest of the class with a force only know to cat-5 hurricanes. There are many classroom mysteries. Maybe you’ve encountered this one. If I…
Teacher Humor All of today’s teacher memes are inspired by the crazy stuff students do. Take this first one; do you know who I’m talking about? That kid who you swear was to your left but then you look up and he’s suddenly to your right. The next time you look up he’s…
Teacher Performance Pay When my last school started talking about implementing performance pay for teachers, it put a knot in my stomach. I imagined that test scores would be the main, perhaps only, means for measuring teacher performance. While student academic growth (even if not on grade level) is one mark of teacher quality there…
Printmaking for Kids I’m always looking for kids’ art projects that really look like art and this is a good one. Printmaking allows kids to use paper and paint in a new way! Materials: paper tempera paints plastic page protectors cotton balls clothespins Sharpie markers (optional) 1. Draw big outlines of flowers and leaves on pieces…
Mixed Up Chameleon Craft If your students love The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle then this is the perfect craft for them. Students cut out different animal parts from old magazines and put them together to make a new mixed up animal. It also includes a template for writing about what the animal would…
Mother’s Day Craft Life as a teacher is definitely easier when you have all your students’ moms on your side! Click the picture to pick up an easy and fun bath salts craft you can have students make for Mother’s Day.