Turning Misbehaviors In The Classroom into Teachable Moments
The secret to good teaching? Finding those teachable moments and running with them. Good social-emotional instruction involves a balance of preventative instruction...
Survival Guide for New Kindergarten Teachers
Being a new kindergarten teacher can be both exciting and overwhelming. Kindergarten is unlike any other grade out there. But don't stress!...
7 Tips for Difficult Parent-Teacher Conferences
I’m not sure about you, but I have Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences this week. With the upcoming conferences, I’m thinking ahead to some...
Remote Teaching: What I Will and Won’t Miss
I’ve been teaching remotely for almost a full year… I have just a few weeks left. Many said it couldn’t be done...
Social Emotional Read Alouds
Social-emotional learning is such an important part of our jobs as classroom teachers and can easily be pushed aside with all of...
Supporting English Language Learners
One of the questions I most often get when I tell people that
I am a teacher is, “But how do you teach...
Social Emotional Learning for Kindergarten: Expected and Unexpected Choices
A lot of social emotional learning for kindergarten is learning what are the expected choices for school and what are some unexpected...
Welcome Back from Winter Break!
Don’t stress while you are on winter break! That’s your time to relax! I’ve got you covered with several tips that help...
Homework in kindergarten? What’s best for students?
Homework in kindergarten? Sending home some worksheets ends up being more work for you, the teacher, causes stress and struggles for the...
Tracking student progress easily
Effective teaching involves routinely tracking student progress. How can teachers be tracking student progress in a way that enhances their instruction, rather...