Teaching
As an educator who loves to share tips for teachers both inside and outside the classroom, you can follow this page to find all my education-related posts. You will find tips, tricks, lesson plans, inspiration, and more.
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Teaching Tips – Visual Art
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to…
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There Are No Grades in First Grade
Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Rasheema Newsome reads Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat to students (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Elementary education is going through a lot of changes right now. Parents want to control every facet of their child’s education. Administrators are concerned primarily with safety and quotas. Where do the teachers come in? It…
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Teaching Tip – Smartboards
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to…
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How To Use a Paper Towel
Over the course of our lives we use a ridiculously large amount of paper towels. I became aware of this a few years ago and took steps to reduce the amount of waste I create. One of my biggest pet peeves is seeing how much paper towel the average person uses to dry their hands…
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How to Use Blogging in Your Teaching
Blogging has become an important way for people to connect. Businesses use it to reach customers. Non-profits use it to raise awareness of their brand. Teachers can even use it to connect with students and to enhance learning. There are a number of ways that teachers can use blogging in their lessons — both in…
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Teaching Tip – Differentiated Instruction
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to…
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Teaching Tip – Financial Literacy
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to…
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Residential Schools Novels, Memoirs, and Picture Books
Residential schools have had a considerable impact on children, families, and entire communities. In 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people on behalf of Canada for a over a century of residential schools. This small action helped to expose Canadians to this long-hidden aspect of our history. This is…
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Teaching Tip – First day Grids
Here is a great first day of school activity you can do with your class. I mentioned this activity in the First Day Script, which is a very detailed lesson plan for the first day of school. I’ve used this plan, or variations of it, successfully for several years. It is very important to have the…
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Teaching Tip – Professional Development
Welcome to Teaching Tip Tuesday! Every week I share with you a tip that I hope you will find useful in your teaching. You can visit the Teaching Tips Archive to see all of the tips in the order I have posted them over the years. Please check that page as I will continue to…