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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, I want to say a little something about mental health and teaching. I love being a teacher, but sometimes I wonder if it’s just too hard and if I would be happier in another profession. I feel overburdened in my job as a teacher. On top of my…
When I Have to Micromanage Students
Students come to my classroom with lots of different abilities, strengths, and shortcomings. That’s to be expected, and it’s why teachers utilize so many different strategies to scaffold information for their students. Every day I teach, re-teach, re-explain, ask questions, and help. It takes a lot of time, attention, and energy on my part, but…
How She Teaches Presentation Skills
I really like helping my students practice their presentation skills in my science class. Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating information is a science and engineering practice in NGSS. From time to time we do a research project and class presentations. Students already know what a good presentation looks and sounds like. They just need to be…
How She Teaches Infectious Diseases and Pathogens
The immune system, and especially infectious diseases, have always been interesting topics to students. They already know a lot about infectious diseases, but many have never defined it or put it into context before. I still remember my Health classes in middle school. The impact of seeing pictures of sores and growths due to infectious…
My Students are Struggling and it Makes my Job Harder as a Teacher
I went to a social gathering recently where I met a young college professor. He teaches communications at the local university for the last 3 years. Friends asked him what he teaches, does he like his job, how long has he been doing it. The first thing on my mind and what I asked was,…
How She Teaches Body Systems
Biology is the study of life, and in Biology the main system we study is the human body. Body Systems is a great topic to teach in Biology at the beginning of the year. My students are so curious about their bodies and their health. They have so many questions and they spark interesting conversations…
Great Gift Ideas for Teachers!
These are my favorite gift ideas for teachers. Just in time for the holidays! Whether you are a student and you want to buy a gift for your favorite teacher, or you have a special teacher in your life, I hope I can help you find that perfect something. Many of my ideas are inspired…
6 Effective Test Review Teaching Strategies That Don’t Take Extra Planning Time!
Before a test, I want to help my students review and hopefully feel more prepared. I want them to really understand the material and what they learned. Over the years I tried different ways of reviewing for tests, and these are my favorite ones that I keep going back to. These strategies are effective for…
How She Teaches What is a System?
I really enjoy doing this lesson with my students. We have a lot of great conversations because they have lots of relevant life experiences and they come up with lots of interesting ideas on this topic. It is often one of the first science content lessons that I teach in the year. This lesson is…
My Top 16 Classroom Management Strategies
I have way too much to do during the day teaching and grading to deal with all the extra stuff that happens in the classroom. I can’t waste any time on unnecessary questions, losing stuff, waiting, cell phones, extra talking, distractions, bad behavior, and unpreparedness. They all take away from my instruction time and learning.…
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