The end of the year is a crazy time. Not only are you trying to finish up teaching the curriculum, but there’s also state testing, field trips and always an insane amount of “fun” activities. Then of course cleaning and packing up a classroom (whatever your school...
I don’t know about you, but the beginning of the school year always feels like constant drowning. It’s about now that I finally feel like I’m swimming to the surface. If you are anything like me, it’s sort of a relief, but a different kind of...
What is Batching? It is the act of grouping like tasks. You wouldn’t make all the copies for one individual student at a time, you make a class set then move on to the next worksheet. You are batching copies. So what else can you do the during the summer, breaks, or...
The concept of “differentiation” can be a controversial one. And it drives me crazy! Differentiation is so important to give every student the quality education that they deserve; especially now more than ever with how disrupted kids’ education has been over the last...
One of the first things teachers learn in school is to build community and culture in their classroom. This helps with classroom management, student engagement, and overall student progress. Then the 2020/21 school year hit and most teachers were thrown into virtual...
Differentiation is a hot word in education these days. Some people love it, some people are just waiting for the trend to end. Me? I freakin LOVE the idea of differentiation. It’s what inspires me to teach. To be better. However, it is HARD. You have to know so...
