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The BEST Tip for Engaging Reluctant Readers

Are you looking for a way to spice up your students’ silent reading time? Do you want to introduce some excitement and variety into your

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

Manage Your Classroom in 3 Simple Steps

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

Spreading Holiday Kindness in Your Middle School Classroom

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

A Christmas Classroom Community Challenge!

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

Easy Tips to Prepare for Back to School

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

How to Run a Socratic Seminar in Your Classroom

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

Last Day of School Activities – 5 Easy Ideas

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

3 Ways to Stay Motivated in March

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

Easy Ideas for Valentine’s Day in Middle School

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

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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!