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Magic Square Puzzles are a creation by Heather of HoJo's Teaching Adventures. They're the perfect supplement for both ELA and math, and they're perfect for review, enrichment, and early finishers! Learn more about them in her guest post on Minds in Bloom and get a forever freebie to some sampler puzzles!

Using Magic Square Puzzles in the Classroom

Minds in Bloom is pleased to welcome Heather from HoJo’s Teaching Adventures! Check out her awesome video to learn about Magic Square Puzzles and what

Character education is an increasingly essential aspect of curricula everywhere. The characters in The Wizard of Oz provide the perfect basis for teaching character education, and our guest blogger describes why in this post. She also shares a Character Rap that she wrote for 5th and 6th grade students. Click through to read her post and get her rap!

Follow the Character Road

Hello from Barbara Gruener, author of The Corner on Character blog and What’s Under Your Cape? SUPERHEROES of the Character Kind. I am somewhere over the rainbow

Brain breaks are great to incorporate into your day in the classroom, but they should be focused on more than just movement. This Roll a Brain Break activity will have your students working on things like coordination and spatial awareness, too!

Brain Breaks Freebie!

Brain Breaks are fun, of course, but I take them very seriously (in a good way!). Research has shown that kids need to move in

Writer's Workshop is a popular teaching method used by many teachers, but it can feel daunting to some. Our guest blogger shares why she uses Writer's Workshop in her classroom, as well as how she sets it up and runs it. Click through to learn more!

The Writer’s Workshop Format

Hi! I’m Shelley from The Write Stuff Teaching. Many teachers thoroughly enjoy teaching in a Writer’s Workshop format. What’s great is that students love it

Our guest blogger created an incredible classroom management tool in her classroom: random acts of kindness! Read all about how she implemented this strategy in her classroom and how random acts of kindness have impacted the environment of her classroom.

Random Acts of Kindness: One Teacher’s Amazing Plan!

SVG Image Map Example RAK – A Simple Way to Change Your Classroom As teachers, we need lots of ideas about how to handle students who

What can I do when my students are mean and rude to each other?

Help! My Students Are So Rude, Mean, and Disrespectful to Each Other!

I often post questions from teachers on my Facebook wall. It is always amazing to see the helpful and insightful answers that other teachers post.

What are some teaching techniques I can use when I am assigned a non-english speaking student in my classroom?

ELL Teaching Strategies For When You Get a Non-English Speaker

SVG Image Map Example When working with Level 1 English Language Learners (ELLs), it is essential to implement effective ELL teaching strategies to help newly

Games for Bringing the Learning Outside

It’s hard to stay indoors during these last few days of spring before summer break, but you still have things to teach, and giving

Close reading is an instructional technique that captured my attention, despite my reputation for my task cards. I share my process for creating my new close reading passages in this post, and I give all of the inside scoop on my new Close Reading Toolkit and what it includes. Read this post to grab a link to a freebie, in case you like to try it before you buy it!

Close Reading: How I was Seduced (and a freebie!)

Oh, close reading, you temptress. How could I resist your charms? Who gets tempted by close reading? I mean, seriously, who? Me, actually. I love

Child sexual abuse and inappropriate touching are extremely challenging topics to discuss with students. However, this is an unfortunate and sad reality for many students, and most of them keep their experiences secret. Addressing these issues head-on and making students understand that they have a safe place and person in which to confide is of the utmost importance.

Teaching about Inappropriate Touching

Please welcome Selena Smith. Selena doesn’t have a blog yet, but she is a teacher on a mission to stop sexual abuse! Thanks for sharing, Selena!

As state standardized testing gains more and more importance, subjects like social studies are seen falling to the wayside. However, teachers can still work to add geography to their everyday lessons! This guest blog post on Minds in Bloom shares several creative ways to tie geography into lessons on reading, math, and science.

Adding Geography to the Daily Lesson

Please welcome Michele Luck of A Lesson Plan for Teachers! Did you know Michele and her husband travel the United States every day in an

should I use interactive notebooks in my classroom?

7 Reasons to Use Interactive Notebooks

Hello! My name is Jennifer Smith Jochen from Smith Curriculum and Consulting, and I am ECSTATIC to be here at Minds in Bloom with you