Almost ten years ago, I wrote about keeping daily calendar math fresh. I still use it, but I've changed my thinking a little. I worry ...

 This is the fourth and final post in my series about putting together a simple Veterans Day performance with elementary students . We'v...

 This is the second post in my series about putting together a simple Veterans Day class performance for parents. In the first post, I share...

 There are plenty of things competing for classroom time in November, but one thing I continue to make time for is a class Veterans Day perf...

Every teacher needs a few tricks for those random five minutes that pop up during the school day. You finish a lesson early. You're wait...

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You know exactly what you want a student to do. You want him to stop interrupting. You want her to listen to the directions. You want them t...