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All About IEPs
When I was a new teacher, I had several kids in my class that had something called an IEP. Trouble was, I had no idea what an IEP was! Now, they are...
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Inclusion: Helping All Students Belong in Your Classroom!
Inclusion is creating a community in your classroom that includes both students with and without disabilities. Research shows us that not only is...
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How to Be a Culturally Responsive Teacher
In order to help each student, it’s important to get to know them. How they learn and the things that interest them are greatly impacted by their...
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Tips for New Teachers: Staying Organized
As a teacher, you have to keep track of a lot of different things at once. Every student has their own individual needs, assignments, and test...
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How to Individualize Lessons
Teaching can sometimes feel like a frustrating exercise in “teaching to the middle.” By knowing how to individualize lessons for your students, you...
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How to Create Fun Teaching Worksheets
How do you create fun teaching worksheets? Do fun and worksheets even belong in the same sentence together? Let’s face it. Most students don’t want...
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Tips for New Teachers: Classroom Management
For a new teacher, nothing’s more terrifying than an out-of-control classroom. Veteran teachers don’t care for this situation either, but new...
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The Best Ways to Use Tablets in the Classroom with Students
There is lots of great technology to use in the classroom–one of which is tablets. If your classroom is lucky enough to have tablets for your...
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Pros and Cons of Classroom Seating Arrangements
When students walk into your classroom, one of the first things that they want to know is where they should sit. Many teachers choose to take away...
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7 Online Tools to Support Teachers in the Classroom
When it comes to helping students, few tools are as effective as a great classroom teacher. But a great classroom teacher with great tools?...
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Do’s and Don'ts of Classroom Management
Classroom management. It’s a much-discussed topic in teacher education programs, continuing education courses, and among teachers and administrators....
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What to Ask Your Cooperating Teacher Before Student Teaching
My university worked to determine my student teaching placement as soon as possible. This allowed me to reach out and introduce myself before I...
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9 Classroom Vocabulary Games to Use with Your Students
Vocabulary is an important part of every subject; there are always words that students need to learn in order to better understand the concepts being...
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Preparing for Your First Day of Student Teaching
The first day of student teaching is a big event for teachers in training. For most student teachers, it’ll be the first time they’re in charge of a...
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7 Ideas for Student Assessment in Kindergarten
Educators have discovered that exams aren’t the best form of assessment for every student. This is especially true with kindergartners. At this...
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Quiet Games in the Classroom: 5 Games Your Students Will Love
You always want to have fun teaching. But sometimes you need quiet games in the classroom. Maybe the weather has pushed recess indoors. Maybe your...
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Top Questioning Techniques in the Classroom
There are lots of reasons for using questioning techniques as one of your teaching strategies in the classroom. You could use questions to engage...
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The Pros and Cons of Using a Classroom Behavior Chart
When using a classroom behavior chart, the teacher will have students move their name down when they fail to follow the rules or don’t behave in...
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Top Student Teaching Fears and How to Overcome Them
Even if you’ve spent a lot of time in front of a classroom or practicing skills in college courses, it’s difficult to overcome the anxiety you feel...
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My Student Teaching Experience: Lessons Learned
The student teaching experience allows you to put everything that you’ve learned about education and your subject matter into action. You get to test...
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Top 10 Teaching Strategies to Use in Your Classroom
A teaching strategy is the method you use to convey information to your students. There may be a particular strategy that works well with your group...
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Top 10 Classroom Rules for Elementary School Students
Classroom rules are important to your class community. When students have rules, they know what your expectations are for them. They know what you...
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Do Cellphones Belong in the Classroom?
Recently, I watched as a group of elementary school students got off the school bus. To my surprise, many of them were looking down at cellphones....
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The Teacher's Guide to Answering Questions about College
If you teach high school, and especially upperclassmen, you’ve probably fielded some questions from students along the lines of "why it is important...
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How to Support High School Test Prep in Your School's Curriculum
As busy instructors who must simultaneously juggle our own subject curriculum and adequately prepare our students for the ACT, SAT, and college...