
Your Classroom Culture: 12 Questions to Ask Yourself
Every classroom has a culture. Some aspects of your classroom culture might have evolved organically, while others have been carefully planned and implemented. You may

Every classroom has a culture. Some aspects of your classroom culture might have evolved organically, while others have been carefully planned and implemented. You may

This is Zig-Zag. When I was teaching third grade, he was our class mascot. In his physical form, he was a large, light green, stuffed

Are you looking for some fun activities for National Dictionary Day? It’s October 16th, which was Noah Webster’s (the father of the American dictionary) birthday!

I am so happy to be hosting my first guest post from the authors of Technology in Class. Technology in Class offers a wealth of

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. -Francois Fenelon Have you ever seen one of those classrooms

Multiplication problems are hiding all around the classroom, just waiting to be discovered by your students. Next time your class is feeling restless, and you

One of the best ways to get to know your students is to ask questions. But of course, they need to be the right questions.

A space for classroom puzzles will become your students’ favorite place! Maybe you have some challenging puzzles, strategy games, books with logic puzzles, and other

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating

You are folding laundry, not thinking about anything in particular beyond matching socks when a Brilliant Idea pops into your head. Maybe it is a

I bought Bananagrams because I recently found myself at a very small bookstore, in a very small town where I killed an hour while my

This post was written in 2009, but it is so very important every year, especially on the years that Hanukkah is extremely early. Sometimes Hanukkah begins before