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Appreciate Your Teacher This Week!

Each day, teachers make a difference in their communities and the lives of their students. That impact is far reaching; the result of tremendously talented individuals who go above and beyond their job descriptions. During the week of May 7-11, take time to recognize and celebrate...

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Get Into March Madness!

For many years now, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament has been known as March Madness. Sixty-four teams from all over the United States compete for the ultimate prize: to be named National Champions. It's not easy! The team that wins it all has to prevail in 6 consecutive, pressure-packed game...

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Bringing Awareness to National Counseling Week

Celebrated from February 6-10th, National Counseling Week centers on the significant contributions of school counselors. The week-long event highlights the impact counseling professionals can have on student achievement, dropout rates, and the academic and professional success of students. The th...

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National Mentoring Month

In an effort to promote mentoring across the nation, the Harvard School of Public Health and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership joined forces to create National Mentoring Month (NMM) in 2002. The month-long event raises awareness about mentoring and encourages students and professionals t...

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Bringing History into the 21st Century

February 1st has been named Digital Learning Day by the Alliance for Excellent Education. Given the explosion in technology use in our classrooms, homes, and as part of social communication, dedicating a day to this topic seems only fitting. The technological focus of 21st Century skills goes han...

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Playing the Vocabulary Game

  Classroom games are fun, motivating, and educational. Many years ago, I came up with a way to reinforce importantvocabulary words with something I call The Vocabulary Game. All you need to play the game is a pocket chart, which you can find at your school, or at your lo...

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It's Aviation Awareness Week!

Some of the most interesting teaching opportunities stem from taking advantage of the many "awareness" weeks and months which are built into each school year. In this article, I'd like to propose some activities for you to use during the upcoming National Aviation Awareness Week.  The ...

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Motivating Activities for Geography Week

  One of my favorite subjects is physical geography. Ever since I was a young student, I've always loved looking at maps of all kinds and finding out about different parts of the world. I find human geography fascinating as well. The astounding variety of cultures, languages, customs, religi...

School Safety Tips for the Fall Season

Every year, it is important to spend some time covering safety tips and strategies with your students. The fall season is a great time to review essential safety information, but there are ways to put creative spins on the topics. You could have students create monsters with safety tips on the ba...

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Molly's Pilgrim and Thanksgiving Activities

Throughout my teaching career, I have been consistently surprised by how little my students know about the Pilgrims and the origins of Thanksgiving. Since the Pilgrims are such an important part of our nation's history, I make it a point every year to teach my students about them and the history ...

Bully Awareness in the Classroom

Conflict Resolution and Addressing Bullying Issues

  October is officially National Bullying Prevention Month. According to statistics on bullying, 2.7 million students reported being bullied in 2010 alone, and about 160,000 children miss school every day from fear of being bullied. For students who suffer from depression or low self-esteem,...

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Classroom Seating: Which Arrangement is Best?

Let's face it, we've all done it. We enter our classrooms right before the end of our summer vacation and ask ourselves, "How should I arrange my seats this year?" If you're like me, you probably set up your classroom exactly the way it was when school ended in June. One year I decided to try som...

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Top Ten Tips for a Successful Back to School Night

Many teachers dread Back to School Night. While speaking to a group of students may be easy for teachers, speaking to a group of adults can be difficult and intimidating. I made it through 22 Back to School Nights and using trial and error, came up with a system that worked for me. As the new sch...

Anger Management Strategies

Anger Management Strategies for the Classroom

Teaching students how to deal with anger, and coping with their peers, isn’t often in the typical curriculum, but it  is one of the things that is essential to a positive classroom environment. Teaching anger management strategies is important to creating a safe, successful classroom environ...

Different Ways to Look at Bloom's Taxonomy

Different Ways to Look at Bloom's Taxonomy

Most teachers, whether they are new or a seasoned veteran, are familiar with the concept of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Bloom’s system of classification was developed in the 1950’s and identified six different levels of human thought: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluati...
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