If you get a chance, take your students outside. You obviously can’t do this everyday, but one a month or more frequently, take the class outside for the lesson. I like my Lewis and Clark lesson, because we get to pretend we are the Corps of Discovery, exploring the strange land that is our school. […]
The other day, I asked a question to the class about what we had been studying. I called on one student, and he looked back at me with one of those I’m-going-to-not-say-anything-and-hope-the-teacher-chooses-another-student looks. My temptation was to give the student a break and ask the question to the student who always has his hand up. […]
Recently, I sent a request to some top blogging teachers asking them the question: What is the best advice you can give a new teacher? Today I received a response from Vicki Davis from Cool Cat Teacher. Vicki’s blog has won the 2008 Edublog Award for Best Teacher Blog, among many others. Her advice to […]
Tests can be a stressful time for students. Some students are just bad test takers. A lot of times, however, the students just don’t take the time to study for the test, or they study the wrong way. To help alleviate some of the “test stress,” I always include a “freebie” at the end of […]