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- Classroom Activity: Making an Altar for the Day of the Dead
- In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 1.2
- An altar created for the Day of the Dead. The best activity you can undertake for the Day of the Dead is to create the traditional altar, or ofrenda. As highlighted...
- Format: activity
- Twelve rules for arranging your classroom
- In The First Year, page 1.1
- You'll want to set up your classroom as quickly as possible, but consider these factors before you start.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Templates to help you with paperwork
- In The First Year, page 1.2
- Templates for a parent contact log, discipline log, multipurpose log, sub plan, in-school-suspension plan, IEP notebook, grade book, and locker log.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Connecting with colleagues: No tricks, all treat!
- In The First Year, page 2.4
- You're busy, but making time for conversation with colleagues will pay off in the long run.
- Format: article
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- And you thought it had been a long time since someone thanked you
- In The First Year, page 4.3
- Take time to show your appreciation for secretaries, custodians, and other support staff in your school.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Snow days
- In The First Year, page 3.2
- Don't make assumptions about school policies, and remember that not all “rules” are written down.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Schools
- In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 17
- Vietnam requires nine years of schooling. Although it is a relatively poor country, the literacy rate for adults is reported to be over 90 percent.
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- The seven deadly sins of data analysis
- Commit one of the Seven Deadly Sins of Data Analysis and you run a significant risk of missing AYP under No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
- By Chris Hitch.
- High school history and English: Natural partners
- In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 1
- Strategically plan a collaborative unit and overcome those everyday obstacles that prevent success. While this article focuses specifically on English-history collaboration, there is much to kindle the interest of any high school teachers.
- By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.
- Comics in the classroom
- Graphic novels aren't just “literature lite”: they're a genre you can use to explore philosophy, history, human interactions, visual literacy, and more with soon-to-be adults in a high school English class.
- Format: article
- By Ross White.
- Children's literature promotes understanding
- Bibliotherapy and critical literacy are two ways to use books to help children better understand themselves, others, and the world around them. This article explains both strategies and provides resources for selecting appropriate books.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- How do I use all this data?
- An eight-step checklist and questions for making use of various kinds of education data.
- By Chris Hitch and Ken Jenkins.
- Improving your technology utilization
- A quick review can help you determine whether your school is making the most of its technology budget.
- By Chris Hitch.
- Professional development by email
- Conducting professional development by email can be an effective way to reach busy teachers, tailor the content to their needs, and provide an authentic context for learning.
- By Bobby Hobgood.
- Quiet leadership
- Tips for leading effectively behind the scenes.
- By Chris Hitch.
- Grouping skills for mastery
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 4
- Thematic planning helps relate mathematics to students' lives.
- By Gretchen Buher.
- Choosing books that are just right
- This teacher research study examines how students select books for independent reading and how teachers can help them make choices more appropriate to their reading levels.
- By Melinda Parks.
- An introduction to teacher research
- Every day, teachers develop lesson plans, evaluate student work, and share outcomes with students, parents, and administrators. Teacher research is simply a more intentional and systematic version of what good teachers already do. This article explains the basic process of teacher research, including formulation of a research question, data collection and analysis, and writing up your findings.
- By Amy Anderson.
- Becoming an online teacher
- For even the most experienced classroom teacher, teaching online requires a thoughtful transition to the new environment.
- Format: article
- By Bobby Hobgood.
- Ongoing assessment strategies for writing
- Making final assessment easier by helping students improve the quality of their writing along the way.
- By Sherri Phillips Merrit.
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