Three Easy Tips: Behavior Management Ideas For the Classroom
New teachers, don’t despair! Behavior management ideas are as easy as these three little steps to help maintain a smooth-running classroom …
Continue ReadingUsing the iPod Touch in Education: Technology Tips for Teachers
For the fortunate few, the iPod Touch is already being used in the classroom, but in the not too distant future, this minority may soon become the …
Continue ReadingUsing Adaptive Equipment to Improve Fine-Motor Skills in Students With Spasticity
Students with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy may have spasticity that interferes with manipulating and controlling school materials such …
Continue Reading5 Preschool Books About Diversity to Use in the Classroom
Look around, and you will see that everyone is different! Preschool books about diversity are a great way to begin discussing physical and cultural …
Continue ReadingGames to Help Students Learn German Word Order in Sentences
Games play a great role in helping students to retain structures. Read on to find five fun ways to teach your students word order in German sentences.
Continue ReadingHigh School Required Reading: A Recommended Reading List for High School Students and Parents
Ease the transition from middle school to high school by preparing academically. This reading list will prepare students not only for the critical …
Continue ReadingSummer High School Reading Lists and Other High School Reading Lists
I’ve got two high school reading lists: (1) Poets and plays commonly taught in high school; (2) a high school summer reading list of novels that …
Continue ReadingWatercolors: A Winter Watercolor Landscape Lesson Plan
This watercolor painting lesson will teach how to create a winter landscape using simple watercolor techniques. It is for grades 1 to 8 and can be …
Continue Reading3 Toddler Crafts: Plaster Hand Molds, Paste Paper & Nature Collage
Making crafts with infants and toddlers often depends on the motor skills of the individual child. The following simple but fun crafts are recommended …
Continue ReadingFun Activity Using Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes
Are your students reading James and the Giant Peach or Charlie and the Chocolate factory? Or maybe you are studying The Twits or The BFG by Roald …
Continue ReadingLesson Plan: Past Short Form in Japanese
Now that the class has learned the present tense short form in Japanese, it’s time to teach them the past tense of this form. This lesson plan …
Continue ReadingLesson Plans for The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
In The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco, she tells the story of her aunt, Monique, as a girl in France during World War II. Monique befriends a Jewish …
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