How to Set Healthy AI Boundaries in the Classroom
Are your students testing the waters with AI? Perhaps you are suspicious they are using it without permission? Maybe the thought of discussing AI explicitly with students sounds a bit…
8 Ways to Make Student-Led Discussions More Productive
Looking to improve student-led discussions? While these conversations may be packed with some of the most powerful skills we can teach students, they certainly pose plenty of challenges. Consider, for…
My Favorite End-of-Class Routine Ideas: Calming the Chaos
What do your students do at the end of the class period? Do those last few minutes ever feel chaotic or unorganized? Without a structured routine, students will often line…
6 Fun Back-to-School Activities for Building Classroom Community
Inside: Looking for an alternative to covering the syllabus or using awkward ice breakers on the first day of school? Try this multi-faceted approach to help students begin building relationships…
6 Reading Routines Every Classroom Needs!
It’s happened to me frequently. I sit down, head swirling with ideas, clear about the direction I want to go with my instructional sequence. And then…as soon as I try…
Easy Ways to Organize a Virtual Classroom
Have you ever had so many tabs open at once that you can’t even tell which tab is which? Yeah, me neither (cough). No one wants their brain to feel…
Music in the Classroom: 13 Ways to Use Songs in ELA
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music” (Aldous Huxley). Think about the last time you felt truly inspired. Was music a part of the experience?…
Transition to High School: Executive Functioning Skills Secondary Students Need
Deer in the headlights. That’s kind of what it feels like to look out at a sea of freshmen who are just transitioning to high school. One of the first…
Classroom Setup Ideas for Secondary
Arranging your secondary classroom for the first time, or maybe just looking for ways to switch things up? In this post, you’ll find over 20 helpful ideas for everything from…
Classroom Transitions: 6 Ideas and Strategies for Secondary
Lesson transitions can be frustrating when they don’t go smoothly. Move from one activity to the next efficiently using these simple tips for classroom transitions. Imagine this: You’re teaching an…
7 Classroom Management Strategies for Addressing Difficult Behaviors
Defiance, purposeful distraction, shredding work, talking back…these difficult behaviors can be hard to address in the middle or high school classroom, especially if more than one student is exhibiting them…
7 Powerful Ways to Build Relationships with Students
Inside: Healthy relationships with students improve life for everyone involved. In order to be able to think and produce high-quality work, students first need to feel supported and valued. They…
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