A selection of must-have ESL resources for teachers seeking to boost class interactions and foster meaningful discussions.
Improve your children's report writing skills with our complete teaching resource pack! This includes printable posters, examples of reports, writing checklists, activity resources and eye-catching display materials!
I am a huge proponent of giving students cumulative tests for a variety of reasons, which I am sure I will write about in a blog post someday. One of
Movement in the classroom is beneficial for many reasons. First and foremost, getting up to move in the classroom might help anxious students relieve stress.
Recently, there's been a trend in the messages I've received from the stellar stock of humanity known as you, the Teaching the Core readership (btw, if you ever need to contact me, just use this link — it goes straight to my inbox). Here's what I've been receiving: life-improving, useful resources for 1) finding complex texts for […]
A big goal of all of our classrooms is to improve communication of our students by incorporating communication activities for students. We often think about doing this by increasing the number of words they use
None of us are strangers to undesirable behaviors, amiright? We would not have the jobs that we do if they didn’t happen. We do our best to help our students with autism learn the replacement behaviors that will get them...
Teaching grammar has never been easier. A reveal of the mind-blowing result of our number one teaching resource request!
Does your child struggle with auditory attention? Find tons of fun and easy activity ideas to help improve the attention, processing speed and memory.
Improve Reading Stamina How long can you read without getting bored? That is what reading stamina is. Psychologists have found that our attention spans are our age plus 2 minutes with a general
Critical thinking questions include, 'Why is this important? What are the causes and effects of this? How do we know if this is true?"
We are tackling about how to maintain a healthy mouth by brushing our teeth. I found this DIY activity with less mess and fun to do and a very effective simulation of brushing our teeth. They lov
special education, behavior, behavior plans, BIPs, writing a behavior plan
Tips for Building Reading Fluency in Young Readers Graphics by Creative Clips by Krista Wallden , Whimsy Clips , and KG Fonts Sinc...
Hi, friends! For the past decade, I have continually reminded students to label their pictures, stretch out the words, make finger spaces, begin with a
Check out these tips, tricks, games and activities for teaching ESL listening. Find out how to teach listening in a fun way!
Several weeks ago, 2nd grade students used an "Art Sandwich" as a tool to critique and complement another student's collage illustration. They paired up in class and gave each other two complements and a suggestion for improvement. Compliments are the carbs that keep us working and fuel our efforts, and suggestions are the protein that help us grow as artists and citizens and give us energy over the long haul. It was very important for students to understand that saying "I like it" or "I think it's good" is a nice thing to say, but does not help the artist understand what about the art piece is strong, and should be tried again. A special thanks to Ms. Kitty, the art teacher at Ravenswood for inventing and sharing the Art Sandwich with me, and so many other things, while I was student teaching!
We Don't Eat Our Classmates, written by Ryan T. Higgins, paired with engaging activities, you're sure to have a smooth year!
Wondering how to improve reading fluency with young readers? Get eight practical tips!
We all have students who struggle and require differentiated activities to access grade-level concepts, but how many of you put the same attention into
I love having students in our practice. Not only do they challenge us as therapists to be deliberate and think about why we do what we do, but they also bring an influx of ideas in and add to our …
In our classrooms, students have the most important voices, but sometimes that is forgotten. This post shares 42 ways to amplify student voices.
Teaching repeated addition will help students to build their understandings about multiplication using what they already know about addition. It is a simple strategy that you can implement into your maths routines, but one that will produce results quickly!
This 'Introduction to Phonetics' lesson introduces and explains the IPA chart, and includes a variety of transcription exercises.
Creative Writer Worksheet – Writing Study Guide (PDF) This week marks the end of our year of creative writer worksheets. From a multitude of possible topics I had to choose one last worksheet, and here it is! I hope this worksheet will serve as a reminder to keep studying and improving yourself as a writer. There’s always more to…
