Scholastic
Scholastic: Get Off to a Smart Start
No matter how many years spent in the classroom, every teacher could use some "first week" ideas. Find quick and easy back-to-school tips to help you with seating charts, tackling the first day of school, classroom management and time...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Everyday Rules That Really Work!
Learn more about creating a productive environment in your classroom through this six point strategy. This article clearly states the plan and gives strategies for implementation.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
For this lesson, learners will use the song "The 3 R's" by Jack Johnson to develop ideas about how to "green" up their own classrooms; they will learn two songs (written to the tune of old classics) that will inspire them to brainstorm...
Other
Grade connect.com Free, Online Course Management System
Grade Connect is a free, easy-to-use course management system teachers can access online (no downloads). The tool includes a gradebook, progress reports, and the ability to post homework assignments and announcements to each student.
Curated OER
Wilderness Classroom Organization: Spider Monkey
This brief site provides general information (physical characteristics, diet, way it travels through the forest) and several interesting spider monkey pictures.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Efficient Learning: Coming to Class Prepared
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient learning strategy. Students will learn strategies to help students come prepared. Links to a classroom organization page are included.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Seating Chart
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is used to assign seats to a new class. Students find their names and move a box to locate their table number.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Magical Agenda
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a template of a week's worth of daily agendas with a Magical theme. This flipchart can be used by a teacher or students to show the daily schedule. It allows students to practice...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Kindergarten Daily Calendar
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides standard daily calendar activities in kindergarten classrooms. The flipchart focuses on counting, patterning, predicting, graphing and much more.
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Microsoft Office Online: Seating Charts
Use Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 to experiment with several possible seating arrangements by using this PowerPoint template. You can download the template and get step-by-step directions online.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Daily Calendar
[Free Registration/Login Required] Daily calendar activities are used to incorporate 100 chart, daily addition, subtraction, expanded notation, money, and weather into our daily day.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: First Day in Grade 8 History
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an interactive activity reminding students about materials that they should or should not have to be prepared for class. It uses containers to help sort materials.