Every teacher has at least one in their classroom. That one student who struggles with traditional work, but thrives when presented with creative assignments. He is the one who keeps you up at night planning and plotting on how to help him reach his potential. He is the child who makes you a better teacher,…
Incorporate Reflection Activities into Your Lesson Plans
One of the most valuable teaching moves we can make to help our students become more thoughtful, more self-directed learners is to build reflection activities into our instructional plans as frequently as possible. As educators, it is easy to focus so much attention on the “front-end” aspects of lesson planning, such as how we will…
Halloween Candy Lesson Ideas
Has Halloween candy infiltrated your classroom yet? If it has, have no fear! There are some easy ways that you can incorporate it into your lessons. Check out these sugar-free activities!