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 […]
I’m a week into my job teaching with the home school co-op and I discovered (not really to my surprise) that I have a LOT to learn about working with middle school kids (especially since my classes are a combination of 5th-8th grade). I knew that it would be a […]
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 […]
It’s incredible how much you learn in just a few weeks of being in the classroom. Not to knock my certification program, but there are just some things you can’t learn from a book, and there are some things that my professors couldn’t discuss due to time restrictions. […]
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 […]
One of the thousands of amazing things about TpT is the ability for teachers to create classroom resources for other teachers, including whole units, at discounted prices–what teacher doesn’t want to save money?! After being inspired by a fellow TpT-er, I figured out how to give you all the […]
One of my absolute favorite things to do in the classroom is to teach with political cartoons. I integrate them into every topic possible. I love that they give kids a real “in the moment” look at what someone was thinking about the given issue or topic. I love […]
As far back as student teaching, my weakness was wrapping up my lessons. I felt like I always floundered with the “well we’ll stop there for today” line or asking a few wrap up/review questions and then that was it. I wasn’t doing the material justice, and I […]
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