Teaching Posts
Alternatives To ‘How Was School?”
“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.
Ways To Quiet a Noisy Elementary Classroom
Reliable ways to refocus students and begin instruction smoothly. Calm attention cues, transparent routines, and grade-band examples teachers can use right…
The Two Minds Of An Educator
The need to be rational collides with the enormous complexity and scale of the circumstances teachers face.
32 Research-Based Instructional Strategies
These 32 research-based instructional strategies include Setting Objectives and Reinforcing Effort/Providing Recognition.
What Is 3 Before Me?
‘3 Before Me’ requires that when students are stuck, they must first try to solve the problem in 3 different ways…
5 Strategies For Incorporating Social Emotional Learning Into Your…
These five strategies social emotional learning strategies will not only benefit students, but can also be beneficial to teachers, too.
6 Strategies For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Spiraling is the process of starting first at lower levels of Bloom’s–recalling, defining, explaining, etc.–and then progressively increasing the level…
15 Mental Health Tips For Teachers
One mental health tip for teachers? As much as possible, set clear boundaries between school and home life.
