Help Troubled Kids Overcome Worries
When trouobled kids come to school, they can have a hard time concentrating on classwork. This can be challenging for teachers. The following …
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Applying Levels of Personal Responsibility to Classroom Management
The beginning of the school year is the ideal time to set the expectations for behavior in your classroom. This list of levels of responsibility gives …
Continue ReadingSafety in the K-12 Art Classroom: Keeping Your Classroom Hazard Free
It is obviously vital to ensure that you handle any potential hazards in your art classroom with care and minimize the risks for your students. Here …
Continue ReadingA Review of How Teachers Use Freerice.com in the Classroom
Freerice.com, a non-profit website run by the World Food Programme, balances two admirable goals: free education for all, and an end to world hunger. …
Continue ReadingClassroom Management Techniques For Group Work
Group work is common in today’s classrooms, but it’s all too easy for things to get out of hand. Learn some techniques to keep students busy …
Continue ReadingPositive and Negative Aspects of Ability Grouping
Ability grouping, as the name suggests, lends itself to grouping students of similar abilities together. There are both positive and negative aspects …
Continue ReadingStrategies for Implementing an Effective Student Discipline Action Plan
It is very important to maintain discipline in your classroom and to create the right environment for learning. These ten tips on effective discipline …
Continue ReadingUsing Group Work in Your Classroom
Group work in classrooms has become more and more common over the last several years. Many teachers use it to help students learn from each other, …
Continue ReadingMake a Facebook or MySpace Page for Your Classroom: A Fun Way to Interact with Students
MySpace and Facebook are forums that teenagers comfortably use to communicate with one another. Teachers can create classroom pages on these social …
Continue ReadingCollaborative Team Teaching Strategies: Teaching in Teams Tips
Teaming time is a productive way for teachers to align and produce cohesive methods of learning for their shared students. This article will explore …
Continue ReadingHigh School Student Incentive Ideas
This article discusses incentives that teachers can extend to their students as well as reasons why teachers may choose to extend incentives to their …
Continue ReadingTips for Using Reciprocal Teaching With Struggling Readers
Reciprocal teaching is a comprehension strategy that can be useful with social studies and science texts. If you teach remedial reading or have …
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