Providing a literature-rich classroom environment is important to ensuring student success. Variety, in both genres and reading levels, is essential. However, as all teachers know, the onus of stocking that classroom library is firmly on the teacher herself. While families busily gather supplies the week before school starts, the average classroom teacher has been busy…
5 Fun and Free Unit Studies for Elementary Grades
When it comes to teaching, the old adage about one size not fitting all is true, but in a “one style of learning does not meet the needs of all” sort of way. Figuring out how to get around the workbooks and 3” thick teacher’s manuals can be extremely tricky. If you have the freedom…
50 Free and Low-Cost Teaching Resources
With the start of the new school year upon us, the time teachers have to research free and low-cost teaching resources is exceptionally limited. During one of our #TeachChat sessions, we asked teachers to let us help them find resources that would make their lives easier. They asked for everything from math curriculum to graphic…