Teaching Thoughts

Are your students having trouble summarizing? Need a reading strategy that will help your students write a well-developed summary of a story? Asking students to summarize reading requires them to think at the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, such as analysis and synthesis. Well, try the SWBST strategy. This strategy can be used to help students understand plot elements such as conflicts and resolutions. It allows the student to summarize the elements of a story and develop the summary into a

Welcome to Daily Journal Prompts: A Year-Long Writing Journey!PBCandler As a novice or seasoned teacher, fostering a love for writing in your students can be a rewarding experience. This resource is designed to help you seamlessly integrate daily writing into your classroom routine. Whether you're teaching in-person or online, these prompts will encourage your students to express themselves, develop critical thinking skills, and enhance their writing abilities.What's Included40 Weeks of Prompts:

SEL Bell Ringers: 10 Weeks of Quick, Fun Prompts for Emotions, Friendships, and Smart ChoicesThere’s a lot to learn when it comes to emotions, friendships, and making good choices — and this resource makes it fun and easy! SEL Bell Ringers is a printable, kid-friendly resource packed with 50 daily prompts designed to bring social-emotional learning (SEL) into your classroom routine. These quick, meaningful activities help students reflect, build positive habits, and strengthen classroom connect

This Annual Assessment Plan will help you to implement authentic assessment in your classroom immediately. It contains theoretical information and ideas for practical application. The types of authentic assessment covered in this guide include information of portfolios, checklists, inventories and surveys, rubrics, and self-evaluation.

This is a kid friendly poster on the levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.

Teacher Survival Kit

Academic Vocabulary Review Words by the day for students in grades 3-6.

Phrases of praise

The five Rs: Respond, repeat, restate, rebut, and reinforce – When a student finishes responding to a question, the teacher tosses a ball to another student and says, “Repeat” and the student tries to reiterate what the first student said. The ball then returns to the first student, who is asked to “Restate” if the previous student didn’t capture his or her meaning. The ball then comes back to the teacher, who tosses it to another student and says, “Rebut” and that student has to either disagree

Six steps to effective vocabulary instruction.

Page of fun activities for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Strategy for problem solving.