Ok, it’s almost game time!! True story it’s probably in the middle of your “season” aka school year. I have filled you with tons of ideas throughout this series and trust me I had to condense it to not overwhelm you. You might be asking where the heck do I start? Or maybe you are thinking this is all stuff… View Post
If you are still doing the old-school read through the chapter in the textbook method of teaching social studies, I implore you to please stop the insanity. Another win-win is doing learning stations, which is a fancy name for centers. Yet another tip I talked about in my “Art of the Social Studies Teacher Hustle” post was the name game…. View Post
You’re going to hear me mention that students feeling included is important multiple times throughout this blog series. I have put myself in the shoes of the students and wondered what it would be like if I were new to America. Or like I previously mentioned I thought about classroom things as a mom. I would want my child to… View Post
Ask a teacher their number one problem during class and 9 times out of 10, it’s going to be talking! So one great strategy is to get those kids talking for good not evil. This “No-Brainer” is to help build that vocabulary and then give kids lots of chances to use it!! And guess what? English Language Learners need… View Post
The next hack is making sure that it is super clear what the topic of a lesson is. That means for the kiddos. Have things posted in kid-friendly language. As someone who was born with the gift of gab, sometimes I know I put too much verbiage around what I’m trying to say. So I would have to be cognizant… View Post