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Back to School Bulletin Board or Door Ideas

Elizabeth Wistrom
Categories : Teaching methods, tips & strategies

Welcome students with a classroom door decoration that incorporates their names. Your students will have fun trying to locate their names in this …

Cladistics: The Science of Analyzing Species Developments and Evolution

Emma Lloyd
Categories : Science facts & homework help

Have you ever heard of cladistics? It is a somewhat obscure field dealing with the evolution and classification of species that has some surprising …

Effective Parent Teacher Communication Ideas for Success: Advice for New Teachers

Laurie Patsalides
Categories : Teaching methods, tips & strategies

As a new teacher, you may not be focused on communicating with the parents of your students. Start the school year off right by introducing yourself …

Everyday Math: Kindergarten Lesson with the Book "Math Curse"

Elizabeth Wistrom
Categories : Lesson plans for pre k and k

Use this lesson to help Kindergarten students understand why math is an important part of their lives. Number activities will get your students to …

How Dragon Voice Recognition Software Is Used in Education: Student Advantages

Anne Vize
Categories : Teaching methods, tips & strategies

For some students, handwriting or keyboarding is a difficult and onerous task. Dragon Naturally Speaking is a software program that allows users to …

How to Motivate Students: Follow These Easy Tips to Increase Student Participation

Trent Lorcher
Categories : Teaching methods, tips & strategies

I have a picture. It shows an entire class of 30 students with their heads down. I took it my first year teaching for reasons I no longer recall. I …

Part Two of a Guide to Italian Langauge Schools in the State of Washington

Jacqueline Chinappi
Categories : Parenting grade school aged kids

In our previous articles we looked at where to find Italian language classes in New York and Illinois. In this article we will look at what types of …