Get students back on task and engaged in learning with these winter holiday worksheets. Below are six free printable winter holiday worksheets students can use to review...
The holiday season is a great time to incorporate cultural awareness into instruction! With the "Winter Holidays Around the World" lesson plans students will learn about...
The holidays can be a challenging time to keep students focused. They are usually thinking about anything other than school. This is why I embrace the holidays and bring them...
Lets explore the importance of teaching informative/explanatory writing in the classroom. Students need to have the ability to clearly convey concepts and information in...
While there’s no quick fix for antsy grade-schoolers, I’ve been working on a special batch of FREE printable phonics games that’s sure to engage even the most reluctant...
Vocabulary learning does not take place only inside the English department. All disciplines, from Art to Science, require that students learn discipline-specific academic...
Now that Halloween is over, use Thanksgiving to keep the instructional momentum going in your classroom! Here are seven of my favorite Thanksgiving reading comprehension...
Celebrate the Thanksgiving season in the classroom with vocabulary words! Like most holidays, the festivities surrounding Thanksgiving give teachers an opportunity to add...
Teachers, academic coaches, and administrators never have enough time, resources, money, or books. However, I have found an unlikely source for all four—school libraries. In...
Education is a field that seems to be constantly changing and progressing through advances in technology, professional publications, and research studies on students. The...
In this article, I share eight ways I integrate teaching Greek/Latin Roots into my vocabulary instruction. Teachers and instructional coaches will recognize that these...
One of the most important skills I teach my students as we begin to work on close reading is how to annotate texts. Teaching annotation strategies will help students keep...
