The first few days of school can be exhilarating and terrifying for both students and teachers. What both parties want is for the classroom to be a safe and encouraging place for teaching and learning. However, this comfort and ease doesn't happen organically; cultivating a healthy classroom ... read more
Creating a Teaching Portfolio for Job Interviews
Let's face it. Interviewing for jobs are nerve-wracking and intimidating. Preparing by going over possible interview questions helps, but it's also important to bring a strong portfolio of your work to help elaborate and show evidence to support your answers. When I was student teaching in ... read more
Let Your Students Create the Test
Let's be honest. Tests are never fun, but they are necessary to check for understanding. Teachers typically have a wide variety of resources when it comes to finding tests. Some districts provide them based on standards and expectations. You can even find them readily available to copy from ... read more
Using Interactive Bulletin Boards in the Classroom
Every student teacher's dream is to have his/her own classroom and spend hours...days...weeks during the summer setting it up. Desk arrangements, putting names on almost EVERYTHING, and making those cute bulletin boards sound like a blast! The day before the students enter, the room is perfect, ... read more
Turning Any Worksheet into an Interactive Notebook Activity
Interactive notebooks are all the rage right now. We all know that that when students interact with learning in various ways (visually, kinesthetically, orally, etc) the information seems to stick with them better. I have a few interactive notebooks products in my TpT store with pretty easy ... read more
