If you’re a new teacher this year, I bet you are bursting with ideas, inspiration, and energy! That is the pure beauty of being a new teacher. You are unclouded, unjaded, and hyper focused on your objectives to create the best learning environment and experience for your students. That new teacher magic is an asset,Continue reading “First Day of School Tips for New Teachers: Practical Do’s and Don’ts”
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Learning Styles: A Valuable Beginning of the Year Lesson
Everybody learns in different ways. Have you ever sat looking at a page in the book, just staring at the words and nothing is going into your brain? Well, that might be because visuals are not conducive to your Learning Style. It’s beneficial to know what style we are so that we can hack ourContinue reading “Learning Styles: A Valuable Beginning of the Year Lesson”
How She Teaches Presentation Skills
I do this short Presentation Skills class discussion with students before we do presentations in class. It is crazy the difference this simple exercise makes. Their presentations are much, much better. Students already know what a good presentation looks and sounds like. They just need to be reminded. That’s what this 20 minute lesson does.Continue reading “How She Teaches Presentation Skills”
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 more time on unnecessary questions, losing stuff, waiting, cell phones, extra talking, distractions, bad behavior, and unpreparedness. They all take away from my instruction time andContinue reading “My Top 16 Classroom Management Strategies”
How to Set-up a Science Notebook
Many teachers I know are organized people. You have to be in order to manage hundreds of copies, handouts, and pieces of student work every single day. Organization comes naturally to many teachers, but it doesn’t necessarily for students. We teachers all know the student with the crumpled up papers at the bottom of theirContinue reading “How to Set-up a Science Notebook”
My Go-To Lesson Structure and 8 Classroom Routines for Better Classroom Management
Over the years I figured out a lot of tips to streamline my classroom. In this blog post, I’ll share my favorite lesson structure and classroom routines for a typical day. I hope the ideas in this blog post can save you some time and stress! Keep reading to learn more about my go-to lessonContinue reading “My Go-To Lesson Structure and 8 Classroom Routines for Better Classroom Management”
Lab Safety Teacher Script
This Teacher Script encompasses many of my teacher-centered moments when learning Lab Safety. Just print the script, attach it to a clipboard, and you’re ready to go! Read my script below for ideas, download my PDF to use in your classroom, or make a copy of my Google Doc and customize it to your needs.Continue reading “Lab Safety Teacher Script”
How She Teaches Lab Safety
Labs are some of my favorite learning activities to do with students. I try to do as many labs during the year as I can, and they are an important part of my science instruction. Labs are fun to do, but it’s really important to educate students and practice safe lab behavior. Chemicals and glasswareContinue reading “How She Teaches Lab Safety”
6 Of My Favorite Activity Ideas for the First Day of School
Going over the syllabus and class rules are important on the first day. Icebreakers are another standard activity for the first day of school. “Get to know you Bingo,” is a well known icebreaker. Nothing against Bingo, but there’s a good chance my students will do Bingo in one of their other classes. I wantContinue reading “6 Of My Favorite Activity Ideas for the First Day of School”
The Teacher Supplies and Classroom Systems I Can’t Do Without
Over years of teaching I have identified the essential supplies that I use in the classroom every day. A lot of my supplies support the classroom systems that I put in place, like how to turn in work, and organize lesson plans. Teaching is so fast-paced that I need to have good systems in place.Continue reading “The Teacher Supplies and Classroom Systems I Can’t Do Without”
Beginning of Year Activity: Decorating Science Notebook Covers
During the first week or two of school, one activity I like to do is decorate science notebooks. It’s an easy way to start the year, and a lot of students have fun with this first assignment. It’s a lot of fun to design notebook covers. It’s creative and engaging. The pictures are conversation startersContinue reading “Beginning of Year Activity: Decorating Science Notebook Covers”