Podcast for Teachers: The Teaching Toolbox Podcast I’m excited to take you on a journey into the world of teacher podcasts. I stumbled upon podcasts quite unexpectedly. You see, I’ve always been Read More »
End of Year Celebrations to Engage Your Middle Schoolers As the year ends, it’s time to plan activities that celebrate students’ accomplishments and the progress made over the past nine months. Recognizing their hard Read More »
Differentiation and the Brain and Why Curriculum Matters More Than Ever There is a moment every teacher knows well: You’ve planned a lesson you feel good about. You deliver it clearly, yet you still see wildly Read More »
7 Young Adult Books Every Middle School Teacher Should Read You can know a lot about someone by what they choose to read in their free time. A reader who gravitates toward horror stories may Read More »
Effectively Using Response Cards for Formative Assessment Formative assessment is one of the most valuable tools we have as teachers because it gives us real-time insight into how our students are doing. Read More »
A Highly Effective Classroom Seating Arrangement If we had to rank our teacher tasks from top favorite to our least, many of us would probably be placing seating charts towards the Read More »