Well round 2 of lapbooking was a (mostly) huge success and we will for sure be using them in Music Theory next week! This time around I had 20 explorers for the kids to choose from (no duplicates) and they made a lapbook about their explorer’s life/times/accomplishments/failures/etc. They […]
I honestly think one of the most important qualities of a teacher is the willingness to also be a learner. To keep up with changes in kids, society, education, and to increase your mastery in your content area (or to add mastery of a new one), you really […]
Both my students and I look forward to pamphlet projects. I love that they can get creative and they love not writing essays. First and foremost, students have to be concise in pamphlets. They only have so much space in which to present their information, and depending on […]
Why is it that when I come up with one teaching idea that I’m soooo excited about I come up with 4 others at the same time!? Then I ping pong back and forth working on them and even though I love them and am excited about them […]
Sometimes when a student asks a question you groan inside because it’s so off topic (even if it’s a good question) because you just don’t have time to go into it at that moment. Sometimes a question is related to the material but you just have so much […]
On Tuesday my kids worked with maps for the first time with me. Map work is an integral part of this particular curriculum. In fact, the parents want the kids to be able to create a detailed map of the world from scratch by the end of the year (every country, […]
One of my biggest fears going into teaching was that I would catch a student cheating on a test or plagiarizing an assignment. I have been extremely fortunate that I have only encountered 2 blatant acts of plagiarism total and about 1 instance of cheating per semester. Kids […]
Head over to Student Savvy at 3pm PDT today to read my guest post on making history come alive for students! I recreate trench warfare for my students every year and I modified my original post for this great opportunity. Plus, Student Savvy is an awesome blogger and […]
Getting students engaged and excited at the start of the class becomes more of a challenge as the year goes on. Every year (and sometimes semester) I have to come up with new ways of hooking the kids into the lesson, or giving them warm-ups, so that they […]
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