
Make the Most of Extra Time!
Activities for When Students or Classes Finish Early It’s a funny thing. As teachers, we are often lamenting that we don’t have enough class time
Activities for When Students or Classes Finish Early It’s a funny thing. As teachers, we are often lamenting that we don’t have enough class time
Have you ever had an administrator step into your room unexpectedly, at just the wrong moment? Maybe you’re taking attendance or handing back papers, you’re
Tis the season to spread some holiday cheer through acts of kindness. We’ve come up with two mini kindness activities to use in the days
We’re already getting into the Christmas spirit around here. In fact, there are Christmas carols playing as we write this! And we’re excited to tell you
Between the two of us, we have switched grade levels and schools seven times in our teaching careers! With each transition there is obviously a
We have used Socratic Seminars with our third graders all the way up through our twelfth graders to discuss short stories, poetry, and sets of
School’s out for summer! Well … not quite, just 19 days until the end of the school year though! We are definitely going to miss
Hello, Spring! And hello to one of the looonnnggesst months in the classroom. Why is it that March seems to drag so much (it’s almost
Valentine’s Day has got to be one of the craziest days in the middle school classroom. It’s right up there with the day before Christmas
Last year, we had so much fun checking off the items on our Christmas Bucket List for the Classroom that we decided to create one
Then, pick the date you’re going to teach it in your classroom, and sit back while you watch as your students show up to your classroom pumped about what the day holds…and gush about your class to their parents on the car ride home!