Are you a millionaire teacher? Do you think teachers can be millionaires? Or are you only three days past payday and feeling the pain already? I know that feeling. As a brand new teacher, going to graduate school too, I felt that pain. I felt it hard. No one goes into the profession expecting to become a millionaire teacher and be treated like the … [Read more...] about Millionaire Teacher Ultimate Teacher Investment Guide
Hack 3:1 Feedback
Feedback is necessary for the classroom, but are you keeping your ratio within the magic area? The magic ratio is when our feedback is most effective and triggers growth in our students. It sounds pretty magical, doesn't it? It is hard though. I mean think about your classroom at any given time. While most of your students are on task and … [Read more...] about Hack 3:1 Feedback
Incorporating Maps into Everything
Maps. They are everywhere in the world, but yet are underrepresented in our classrooms. Why is this? The truth is social studies, including maps, often is the forgotten subject. By incorporating maps into different content we can change this! Storytime: I have the directionality of a nat, and honestly most nats would probably take offense at … [Read more...] about Incorporating Maps into Everything
Inclusive Books for the Classroom
Every year we see our classrooms become more and more diverse in many ways. We see diversity in ethnic backgrounds, gender, home lives, economic status, educational levels, among other things. The question is, does your classroom library reflect this diversity? Are we using inclusive books in our classrooms? We all like to read books that we … [Read more...] about Inclusive Books for the Classroom
10 Ways to Test Smash {Make Your Test Prep Rock}
Test prep is a whole season in the classroom, and it's test prep time. The time of year to get ready to build up our students' confidence and build their learning to the point of mastery. If you have been around the blog at all you have probably noticed this Test Smash series that I have used, with a lot of success, to track student data, key in on … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Test Smash {Make Your Test Prep Rock}