Ok, so I realize you could think I have no idea what I’m talking about when the title talks about reading activities and the featured picture shows boys playing ball. Let me explain to you what I learned about the benefits of a variety of activities in relation to what your students are reading. What have I learned through research …
How to Avoid Experiencing Teacher Burnout
How to avoid experiencing teacher burnout. How to avoid experiencing teacher burnout is not an easy question to answer. Teachers work super hard. Constantly. And because of that, burnout is practically a guarantee at some point, many times sooner than later. We have all been there. It doesn’t matter what kind of teacher you are, how long you have been …
How Complete Literature Can Help You Create an Amazingly Fun Classroom Part 2
In the first article of this two-part series, I went over about half of a week’s reading program. If you haven’t read that one yet, you can find it here. In this article, I will finish up the components of a well-rounded elementary or middle school reading program. This program can help you to create an amazingly fun classroom for …
How Complete Literature Can Help You to Create an Amazingly Fun Classroom Part 1
School is necessary. Just about every child worldwide participates in school to prepare them for what they need to know and do as responsible citizens in society when they grow up. But sometimes in the daily grind, school can become monotonous, boring, too routine. But yet as teachers, we all want our students (and their parents) to perceive our work …
Smartest Technology Finds You’ll Love for Your Classroom
In this resource article, I would like to share with you why technology is largely an advantage in the classroom. Then I will show you several of the smartest technology finds you can implement to make classroom life richer, fuller, and more efficient. Technology abounds all around us. While technology carries some clear disadvantages, it also comes with some amazing …
15 Unusual Needs You’ll Love for Your Classroom
With these 15 unusual needs you’ll love for your classroom, life will be just a little more pleasant for you AND your students all year long. Most of these involve making your classroom a little bit more comfortable. This will encourage more attention and learning from your students. Some of them involve organization. This helps the teacher to make her …
Top 25 Narnia Gifts to Give Part 2
In Part 1 of the top 25 Narnia gifts to give this year, I covered the first 13 gift ideas. They ranged from the most expected gifts to the most unusual and included every price range to allow for the budgets of all. You can access that article by clicking here. In this article, I will keep the same format: …
Top 25 Narnia Gifts to Give This Year Part 1
We all know someone who loves Narnia. There are a lot of us “out there.” What’s not to love? C.S. Lewis magnificently created such visual detail and beauty in his timeless series. And that is what makes this list of the top 25 Narnia Gifts such a perfect idea, no matter what the occasion or who the Narnia-loving recipient is. …
Why Does Curriculum Need to Change?
Why does curriculum need to change? The short answer is because our world is constantly changing. Our students need to be able to change with it. What better example than for them to see change in action while they are learning? In this short article, I would like to explore 5 reasons that answer the question, “Why does curriculum need …
What are Key Components of a Lesson Plan
Most of us don’t really think too much about what the specific key components of a lesson plan are in our daily planning. But for newer teachers, it can be a daunting process. And for those of us that have done this countless times before, it is always good to have a bit of a refresher. So I looked online …
How to Accomplish More Effective Lesson Planning
Every year, I get so excited about lesson planning and what I am going to do differently and better this time around. I contemplate how this new year will be full of more effective lesson planning than the year before. And every year, by the time I am a month in, I am just trying to make everything work. I’ve …
The Impact of Technology on Literature
The Impact of Technology on Literature After spending some time researching technology in the classroom and writing a couple of other posts on the subject, I started thinking specifically about the impact of technology on literature. Certainly, technology has affected just about every aspect of our lives. That especially rings true in educational circles. But we can think of technology …
