How to Be a More Efficient Teacher: Advice from a Veteran on Managing Tasks
Being a teacher is a lot of work! You need to deliver quality instruction, plan lessons, focus on assessments, decorate and re-decorate your classroom, manage parent…
How I Teach Science: A Veteran Teacher's Advice for Inquiry-Based Learning
When I ask my students what their favorite subject is (and don’t let them choose recess, lunch, or gym), almost all of them say science. They love our inquiry-based…
How I Teach Writing: A Veteran Teacher's 5 Steps for Better Outcomes
Teaching writing often seems like one of the most daunting tasks, especially in an elementary classroom where the standards-aligned world of reading levels and math…
How I Teach Math: A Veteran Teacher's Advice for Building Student Confidence
Teaching math can be challenging, especially when students have low confidence in their mathematical abilities. Here are some strategies I have developed over the…
How I Teach Reading: A Veteran Teacher's Advice for Success
Reading instruction seems to be an area of practice that both new and veteran teachers struggle with. Despite the best intentions, the universities that educate us…
Why You Should Celebrate Your Failures in the Classroom
If you try new things in your classroom, chances are that some of them will fail. The first time I taught Literature Circles was nothing short of a disaster. Despite…
How to Survive the Weeks Before Holiday Break
"Holiday break." Those two words make every teacher, and all students, very excited. (Parents...not so much.)
But, the weeks before holiday break...
THOSE…
