About Inside Outside Circle This cooperative learning strategy is a sharing or discussion based learning strategy that allows students to work with multiple partners. Inside outside circle works best when used with the whole class, or a large group. Materials Inside outside circle is a unique cooperative learning strategy in that no materials … [Read more...] about Cooperative Learning Strategy: Inside Outside Circle
Happy Teacher Series: Get Out of Your Teaching Rut
Have you ever gotten yourself into such a teaching rut that you didn't think you would ever see the light of day again? Are you stuck in a cycle of too little sleep, not feeling your best all day, and making silly mistakes that just aren't like you? You are not alone! I don't know a single teacher that Hasn't felt this way at one point or another … [Read more...] about Happy Teacher Series: Get Out of Your Teaching Rut
Happy Teacher Series: Form Relationships with Your Coworkers
Do you feel like you have had the chance to form relationships with your coworkers? Let's be honest for a moment and talk about our colleagues, your grade level teammates more specifically. Your teammates can make or break you as a teacher. When you work with wonderful people you often feel wonderful about yourself and your school, but when you … [Read more...] about Happy Teacher Series: Form Relationships with Your Coworkers
Happy Teacher Series: Be Brave
Teachers as a whole are a brave bunch. How many people do you know that would voluntarily close themselves in a room with a whole lot of tiny humans? There's a reason teaching is a calling, not just another job, because you have to really want it! Part of being a teacher is the giving of ourselves for the sake of our students, and in that … [Read more...] about Happy Teacher Series: Be Brave
Why Teaching is Like Baking
This weekend I was making a pie for a bake-off that we were hosting at our house for friends. While I was kneading, rolling, slicing, and baking away I couldn't help but think of all the similarities between baking and teaching and wanted to share them. Teaching is Like Baking Because You Can't Be Afraid to Get Messy This is the first similarity … [Read more...] about Why Teaching is Like Baking