Tag Archives: Motivation
Start a Service Learning Project!
by Rachel Stepp Comment on this post to win a $20 School Box Gift Card! One comment this week WILL win! Is there a need in your community that your class could fulfill? Sure there is! Service-learning involves students working … Continue reading
Filed under Classroom Community, Cooperative Learning, Teacher Inspiration
BINGO! A New Twist for a Classic Classroom Game
Want to know a simple twist for Bingo that can be used to reinforce phonological awareness? I call it Rhyming Bingo. How the Game Works: In Rhyming Bingo, students are given prepared 4×4 square Bingo cards that contain pictures such … Continue reading
Filed under Academic Success, Games, Phonics
What’s in a Word? Quite a LOT!
by Kelli Lewis Comment on this post to win a $20 School Box Gift Card!! One comment this week WILL win! How can you improve participation, increase motivation and encourage excitement over learning without expending much effort or spending a … Continue reading
Filed under Academic Success, Classroom Community, Discipline
Who Rules the School? Boys…or Girls??
Comment on this post to win a $20 School Box gift card! One comment WILL win. by Kristin M. Woolums, M. Ed. You know those little box tops on the packaging of General Mills products? I discovered a way to … Continue reading
Two Classroom Management Techniques Worth Trying
Comment on this post to win a $20 School Box gift card. (One comment WILL win!) by Kelli Lewis Looking for some fresh ideas for your classroom discipline plan? Check out these two unique takes on positive reinforcement. IDEA ONE: … Continue reading
Filed under Behavior Management, Classroom Community, Discipline, Math
Summer Learnin’ Part 2: Library Scavenger Hunt!
This is Part 2 in our series on engaging (and easy!) Summer Learnin’ ideas. To read Part 1 (Fractions in the Kitchen), click here. Comment on this post and you could win a School Box gift card! Two comments win … Continue reading
Filed under Parenting, Reading, reluctant readers, Summer Learning, Uncategorized
Gotta Love Facebook
Eleven years ago, I took the helm of my very first classroom. On that first day, I stared into the faces of 23 fourth-graders and knew, unequivocally, that I had found my calling. Since that day, those students have gone … Continue reading
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Filed under Motivation, Teacher Inspiration, Teaching
Characters, Part I: Keeping a Character Chart
Comment on this post and you could win a $20 School Box Gift Card! (Winners awarded EVERY WEEK!) by Elizabeth Cossick, M.Ed. Sherlock Holmes. Huckleberry Finn. Captain Ahab. Anne (with an “e”). These characters shaped our childhoods, our educations…and, on … Continue reading
Filed under comprehension, Motivation, Parenting, Reading, reading aloud
What You Need to Know About Teaching Boys
Comment on this post and you could win a $20 School Box Gift Certificate this month! by Elizabeth Cossick, M.Ed. We’ve all heard someone use this lovely little adage as an excuse for obnoxious behavior: “Boys will be boys.” Cringe! … Continue reading
Filed under Academic Success, Behavior Management, Classroom Community
Using “Hangman” to teach writing…creatively!
Comment on this post and you could win a $20 School Box Gift Certificate this month! Getting your kids excited about writing by Sandra Jacoby I have been extremely lucky this year in that I have a classroom full of … Continue reading
Filed under Academic Success, Assessments, Motivation, Teaching, Writing
