Celebrate the Thanksgiving season in the classroom with vocabulary words! Like most holidays, the festivities surrounding Thanksgiving give teachers an opportunity to add...
Today I'm sharing a fun, relatively quick Halloween vocabulary game that helps students master a few of their trickier vocabulary words! This spooky season, have students ...
Download free Halloween printable activities that will engage students in various reading, grammar, writing, and vocabulary exercises. These Halloween worksheet PDFs will...
Today I wanted to share my fall haiku poetry worksheet so students across the country can compose some nature haikus! When the weather starts to turn chilly, I want to grab a...
In this article, we will examine why it’s important to teach vocabulary explicitly and systematically to students and share some research-based best practices for effective...
In this article, you'll discover how team-building activities benefit high school students, ways to ensure team-building activities will be successful, and a variety of...
Although I have been working all summer long, the inevitable school year start date suddenly looms up before me, scary and overwhelming. To honor teachers also feeling the...
Summer is long, and learners need to practice their vocabulary or they lose much of the knowledge they’ve gained during the school year. A great way to encourage students to...
During summer break, teachers should take advantage of their slower schedules to complete professional development hours. In this post, we'll explore some fun professional...
I love vocabulary-building games and activities; the students are always excited to learn and the classroom becomes a genuinely positive space. I can always count on ...
As the school year comes to a close, I find myself on the struggle bus right alongside my students. While they are anxious for summer, I am anxious to keep them learning. In...
I fondly remember my favorite teachers. How one instilled a love of reading. How another used humor. How another truly cared about me. Today, I love hearing my own children...