teaching
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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
The TpT Teacher Appreciation Sale is going on now and everything in my store on sale for 25% off with code THANKYOU26. And there are lots of other ways for teachers to feel appreciated, from school or parent sponsored lunches to administrators giving teachers a break. One year my school had a massage therapist come…
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Spring Refresh: Teaching at the End of the School Year
Spring is here! Buds are sprouting, leaves are starting to grow back on the trees. Renewal is in the air. We’re settling back into routines after spring break—and if your experience was anything like ours, the weather couldn’t quite make up its mind. We saw a little bit of everything, and while temperatures dipped below…
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“I’m not a math person! I’m bad at memorization.” How to help students understand math instead of giving them step-by-step instructions
Explaining math conceptually helps students in the long run. Many people see math as just a bunch of facts you need to memorize, like people and dates in history. While definitely not my area of expertise, I know that most history education today has shifted away from the rote memorization of names, places, and dates.…
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Helping Students Set Goals for the New Semester
Welcome to 2026! At the beginning of second semester I like to have students do a little self-reflection. We usually go over the midterm (first semester final) exam, then review the learning targets for the semester and what students still need to work on. I explain that while I won’t be reassessing the students on…
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Self-Assessment in High School Math
As part of my son’s nightly homework, they are required to review the material they learned in class that day. Recently, my husband suggested that he teach it to his younger brother. He explained to my son that you might know something, but being able to teach it to someone else is a higher level…