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Continuous Tense for Young English Learners
I have a secret to tell you. English has a special power—it can make actions come alive! We do this with something called the continuous tense. Think of it as your own personal movie camera. 📽️ Let me show you what I mean. The Two Types of Actions Imagine you are watching your friend Leo. Scenario
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Why Your ADHD Child Can’t Focus During Online Class—And 8 Ways to Fix It
I’m going to tell you something most teachers won’t. Some teachers are really bad at online teaching. They are trying, but they were trained for classrooms—for moving around, reading body language, walking over to a kid’s desk and crouching down to whisper, “Hey, you with me?” It takes time and personal development to translate that
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WGU C970: Grade Levels for Award-Winning Children’s Books
Newbery Award Winners Book Title Author Year Grade Level Age Range New Kid Jerry Craft 2019 Grades 4-7 Ages 9-12 The Undefeated Kwame Alexander 2019 Grades K-5 Ages 5-10 Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut Derrick Barnes 2017 Grades K-5 Ages 4-8 Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson 2015 Grades 4-8 Ages 8-12 The Last Stop
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Non-Verbal Attention Getters: A Teacher’s Guide
Let’s talk about getting students’ attention without wearing out your voice! As teachers, we’ve all been there – trying to get 25+ kids to focus without resorting to the dreaded “teacher voice” that leaves us hoarse by lunch. Non-verbal cues are game-changers in the classroom. They help you smoothly redirect attention while keeping that positive
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Free Noise Level Monitor Traffic Light
Hey there, educators! 👋 I’m excited to share a tool I’ve developed to help manage classroom noise levels in a fun, visual way. Let me walk you through how this noise monitor works. When you first load the page, you’ll see a traffic light-style display. This isn’t just any traffic light—it’s your classroom’s noise level
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Interactive Noise Level Monitor
Most noise level monitors for classrooms incentivize noise. IYKYK. This free one incentivizes quiet by playing a YouTube video until the noise level gets too high, then it automatically pauses until students have quieted down again. Then it automatically starts playing again. You can customize the monitor by choosing any YouTube video you want and
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Classroom Music for Teachers
Hey teachers! I’ve curated this collection of go-to music videos to use in the classroom. These are all ad-free and classroom-tested – no more scrambling to skip inappropriate ads or content while your class waits! I’ve organized them into categories that match our routines in the day: calming music for recovering from hectic transitions, music
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Free Noise Monitor with Decimals Levels
Classroom Noise Monitor Please allow microphone access when prompted by your browser 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Current Level: 0 dB Start Monitoring Stop Monitoring
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4 Theoretical Approaches to Teaching and Behavior in the Classroom
Let’s face it – figuring out why kids do what they do in the classroom is tricky business. One minute a student is engaged and participating, the next they’re disrupting the whole class or completely checked out. Making sense of these behaviors and knowing how to respond isn’t always obvious. That’s where these four big
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Should You Be Greeting Students at the Door in Middle School?
No matter who you are or what you teach, your entering classroom procedure should include greeting your students at the door. Research has consistently shown that greeting students at the door is one of the most powerful practices a teacher can implement. A seminal study by Cook et al. (2018) demonstrated significant increases in academic