Bette Moore

What do you say when a child’s answer to a question is “I don’t know”? This four-page download tells the story of how one elementary school counselor reacted to that answer, and in doing so, came up with a valuable learning tool. This handout lists 13 possible alternatives to simply saying “ I don’t know.” It can be used with individuals, small groups, classes – or even to clarify your own thinking!

Like playing tennis, golf, baseball – or the violin, writing takes practice! Unfortunately, time constraints and the need to meet testing standards can make a teacher feel the need to critique and/or evaluate most (if not all) student writing. Based on the daily writing practice of a successful screenwriter, Writing with No Strings Attached outlines a simple structure that can be easily built into every school day and put the joy back into writing for both students and teachers.

2020 will be remembered as the year everything changed. When schools closed, just weeks before the end of the school year, no one knew when things would get back to normal. As new technologies are being considered, educators are talking about a "new normal," one that every teacher and parent is having to invent for themselves as they go along. DreamKeepers was written almost 20 years ago by a retired teacher who was concerned about the burnout she was seeing in teachers much younger than he

Vocabulary the Natural Way starts as an engaging story about a teacher on vacation and ends with two simple templates based on how all human beings learn language. These templates can be used in a formal study of literature … or informally as students simply have fun learning new words.