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5 Guaranteed Ways to Answer “Why Quit Teaching?”
“Why quit teaching?” That’s a question you might be asking right about now. Your students are out of control, your admin is driving you crazy, you’re doing 1000 other things that aren’t really teaching and

3 Little Tricks to Get Your Students Paying Attention in Class
How to get your students paying attention in class is the big question that teachers are asking more and more. Teachers are struggling with disengaged children as well as dealing with disruptive behavior. They don’t

3 Easy Ways to Minimize Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom
I’m going to share with you something that humbled and relieved me all at once with disruptive behavior in the classroom. Throughout the past 9 weeks, Pam and I have been delivering our Daily Concept

3 Powerful Reasons Activities for Growth Mindset Are Essential To Student Success
If you’re anything like me, setting classroom goals can be a tricky process. That’s why activities for growth mindset are so important. Goals create drive, ambition, and many positive results, but they also create something

Why Boom Cards are the Best Resource You Need to Know About
You may be hearing the term boom cards from your friends and colleagues. Maybe you’re hearing about how amazing they are, and how simple they are to use, and you find yourself asking, what are

How to Make Scientific Method So Simple with 5 Amazing Literacy Elements
Make Complex Ideas Simple with Concept-Based Instruction Concept-based instruction was the tool that helped me to integrate all the necessary pieces to take my lessons from vague and confusing to electrifying! Concept-based instruction provides

Transform Your Science of Reading Approach with Concept-Based Instruction
Last week, I talked about the 5 components of “science of reading” you might not be aware of. This week I want to share with you a problem I had, and how concept-based instruction

5 Unexpected Science of Reading Secrets Guaranteed to Boost Reading Levels
Is Science of Reading or SoR just about Teaching Phonics? The “science of reading” is a phrase representing the accumulated knowledge about reading, reading development, and best practices for reading instruction obtained by the use

3 Learning Styles You Can Reach with Every Morning Meeting
How valuable would it be to learn how to create your morning meeting lessons in a way that is designed to support all 3 of the main learning styles’ of students? How much more time

Discover the True Definition of Classroom Culture with These 5 Morning Activities
The True Definition of Classroom Culture You may or may not have heard this term before, but there are a number of misconceptions about the definition of classroom culture. Let’s begin with what classroom culture

Why These Activities for Morning Meeting Will Transform Your School Day
It is hard to believe that it is time to go back to school! I want to help you make this your best school year yet, and the best way I discovered to have a

3 Simple Morning Tricks to Best Motivate Student Learning
Our primary job as teachers is to motivate student learning. If you’re thinking after COVID, that this is almost impossible, I am here for you! Navigating the challenges of in person learning after anywhere from