Creating a beautiful classroom space is important because you and your students spend a lot of time in this space every day. I am in my classroom every day at the very least from 8 am to 4 pm (many days, a lot longer) – I don’t want to be
It can be hard to plan an art lesson that everyone finishes at the exact same time. Ok – well I have never done it – I usually have some students who finish quickly every time. These five low-prep fast finisher activities will be an asset to your art classroom.
Thank you notes are sometimes considered an irrelevant practice, but they are as important today as they were 30 years ago. Today’s culture is often very self-focused. Hollywood has an entire awards season filled with hundreds of thank-you speeches, but people are more likely to remember the designer of a
I neglected my social life in my first year of teaching and lost some friends. It is very important for teachers to have a social life outside of teaching and even make non-teacher friends. Teaching is a career that follows you everywhere. Your workload expands to the amount of time
Valentine’s Day lessons can be found for middle school students! Valentine’s Day is usually only celebrated in the elementary years. In middle school, you may use the holiday as a reason to have a dance as a fundraiser, but that is usually the extent of the “fun” around Valentine’s Day.
By using highly-engaging rants, your students won’t even realize you’ve channeled their daily rants and complaints into high-quality, writing!
