teaching

🚌 Back to School Night

A middle school clean and awaiting students. Teachers frantically preparing. Then a family walks in an hour early.

Aug 3 •

🚌 33 Big Ideas to Start Your School Year

How do you teach with student writing? What are 13.5 evidence-based reading comprehension strategies? This post aggregates multiple lists, getting to 33…

Jul 23 •

✏️ How to Teach with Student Writing

What if the most relevant writing instruction were reactionary? And what if your best teaching examples waited in front of you?

Jun 25 •

✏️ Practice Writing Rules by Breaking Them (+ FREE Template)

This rainy day activity helps reenforce writing skills while crowdsourcing future teaching examples. Did I mention it's hilarious and kids love it?

Jun 21 •

🚌 My Favorite Printable Grading Sheet [+ Template]

Frustrated by inept printable grading sheets? Steal this FREE template which allows easier visual tracking and less wasted paper.

Jun 10 •

🚌 Open Chalkboard: Teachers in June

Grab the chalk and leave a comment.

Jun 7 •

🖥️ How Google Forms Automate Grading

Tired of learning new school software every ten seconds? Ever wish quizzes would grade themselves? What if Google Forms both collected and graded work…

Jun 5 •

🖥️ Google Forms for Teachers: A Primer (+ Templates)

Learn why Google Forms is the most versatile tool you don’t use. This post gives a board overview along with how to’s and templates.

May 29 •

✏️ Teach Writing Reactively (James Moffett’s Action-Response Model)

What if students created the context for their own content? What if we waste our time by teaching mistakes students haven’t made? Check out James…

May 24 •

💬 Open Thread: Teacher Appreciation Week

Let me tell you a story about the professor who insulted me and changed my life for the better. What teachers inspired you?

May 10 •

🎲 Three Cards to Chaos: A Lesson Planning Card Game [+ Download]

What if teachers learned to lesson plan through a card game and a cookbook?

May 3 •

✏️ How to Lesson Plan Once (And Never Again)

The thought experiment which transformed my first year of teaching.

Apr 12 •

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