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It’s frustrating when your students are constantly misbehaving in order to get your attention or the attention of their classmates.…
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In 2015, I started out with a great group of third grade students. I knew many of the students as…
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I’ve talked to a lot of teachers about using Socratic seminars in class, a lesson format in which students take…
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Some of the most impactful learning comes from activities that allow students to speak their minds and volunteer their own…
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Getting kids to sit still for six hours a day is an almost impossible task! In the lower grades, recess…
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In the wake of school violence, suicide and a host of other social problems that plague children and youth, teachers…
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As a fourth grade social studies teacher I am often faced with comments such as, “History is so boring! How…
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Our students may not watch the news with the same kind of habitual regularity as their parents (or our parents)…
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When I hit my fifth year of teaching, I felt pretty confident. I’d worked in three different schools, from inner-city…
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Early on in my teaching career, I recognized that while students were expected to take on more responsibility in high…
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I remember when, in my first year of teaching, I decided that Fahrenheit 451 would be a good choice for…
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The first day of school is fast approaching, and with it, the question of what you’re going to do on…
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As teachers, we all want our students to be organized. We want them to be able to find any supply…
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Maybe you saw the first one in mid-July, or just a few days ago. Maybe you saw it in early July,…
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Love them or hate them, fidget toys are one of the latest fads to storm the world of education. These little…
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If you work in a school, you probably know what a fidget spinner is. You may have even seen other…
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One of the things I truly enjoy about teaching is that I also enjoy learning, and decades into my teaching…
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Teacher burnout. Unfortunately, this is too common in our profession. I think back over my years of teaching and think…
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