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Exciting lesson ideas, book lists, videos, classroom strategies, and reproducibles in a daily blog by mentor teachers

Student Engagement: Active Learners Versus Passive Observers

Sunday, March 28, 2010
Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

As class sizes grow and curricular demands compound, it seems that meaningful instruction is becoming...

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Using Music to Teach Poetry

Sunday, March 21, 2010
Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

One of the most fundamental principles behind good teaching is to tailor lesson plans to the needs of students....

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Behavioral Roadblocks: Turning Setbacks Into Successes

Sunday, March 14, 2010
Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades: 9–12

 

"You're just making me angry. I want to go to my counselor." It's not everyday that I experience insubordination and I've never before had a student actually ask to get written up. That is, until Jerry did last Tuesday.

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Keeping it Fresh: Raising Class Energy

Sunday, March 7, 2010
Teacher Tips and Strategies
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As educators, our priority is to make sure that our students...

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Using Small Groups to Build Writing Skills

Sunday, February 28, 2010
Language Arts, Classroom Management, Writing, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades: 9–12

 

Writing is traditionally thought of as something to be done as an individual assignment. Students listen to a lecture, are given their writing prompts, outline their thoughts, and are then left to craft their beautifully written prose on...

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Anticipatory Sets: Meeting Students Where They're At

Monday, February 22, 2010
Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

There's a famous maxim that goes, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." The problem...

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Substitute Plans: Keeping Students Productive When You're Absent

Monday, February 15, 2010
Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Although no sub is going to be able to run your class as well as you are, here are five tips that will help your students to stay productive.

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Use PowerPoint to Teach Vocabulary & Higher Level Thinking

Sunday, February 7, 2010
Language Arts, Teacher Tips and Strategies, Technology
Grades:

At the beginning of each year, I poll students concerning what they enjoy and dislike the most about English...

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The Role of Social Networking Sites in Teaching

Monday, February 1, 2010
Communication and the Internet, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

"Friending a student on Facebook?! No way..." That was the reply that one my colleagues gave when asked about...

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Teacher Motivation: Conquering Classroom Stress

Monday, January 25, 2010
Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades:

This is my fourth year teaching. According to national statistics, it's right about now that I should be...

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