Keeping students' attention and motivation is always a challenge.  Here are four tried & true games that kids love to play while lea...

You've heard the saying that you can't teach subjects until students know you care. This year, especially after the last two years o...

First week back after winter break. . . what a week! With our classroom numbers fluctuating due to students quarantining or testing positive...

Anyone else relate to this dinner scenario? "How was your day?"  "Fine." (Eat in silence or while scrolling on phones)  ...

This post is an oldie  (hence the maskless students) but goodie: When we spend enough time early in the year on place value and number sens...

And we're back! We just finished our fifth week of school(!) and it looks different. It feels different. But it is SO good to be back in...

We've all been through collective trauma these past 15 months. As teachers, we have been put to the test: overworked, overwhelmed, faced...

Did you know there are 23 million Asian Americans and 1.6 million Pacific Islanders living  in the United States?  Did you ever learn about ...

I'm embarrassed to admit that I used to think of poetry as boring or rambling. Or silly rhymes in a sing song pattern.  Never before has...