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- Buddies, Behavior and Teacher Training
- Encouraging reluctant readers, maintaining discipline outside the classroom, and more.
- Protective Passes and Teacher Timesaver
- Better hall passes, tidier mailboxes, and advice for working with student teachers.
- Pascal's Triangle and Pages on Tape
- A year-long activity for your math class, improving fluency in slow readers, and tips for teaching summer school.
- Google Docs and Student Reading
- Tools from Google to help you address word processing, email, and online calendars.
- Summer is Coming!
- End-of-the-year activities, your summer reading list and professional development.
- Building Vocabulary and Disassembling the Classroom
- Tips for building your students' vocabulary and choosing your summer reading list, plus other teachers' thoughts on Reading First.
- Vocabulary and Review
- Tips for teaching vocabulary and for employing a student-led review activity.
- Sub Smiles and Making Magnets
- How subs can develop a goal/reward system, a tip for making color magnets for you white board, and more.
- Funding Projects and Freecycle
- How to save money, recycle, and get free stuff for your classroom.
- World Connections and Classroom Clickers
- Using GPS units and "clickers" in your classroom, plus how to get free stuff and save money.
- Writing Skills
- Two tips for teaching writing skills cover essay questions on tests and "shape" poems.
- Peppy Test Prep and Math Machines
- Preparing for standardized tests, introducing algebra to first-graders, and more.
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- Classroom Set Up and Scrapbooks
- How to create a healthy learning environment in your classroom.
- Student Numbers and Cinder Block Stick
- Organize your paperwork, hang posters with ease, and better manage your spec. ed. students.
- Verb Tense and Reading Race
- Tips for helping students understand verb tense and for encouraging reluctant readers.
- Sound of Silence
- Three tips for quieting your classroom.
- African American Artists and Classifying Hardware
- Tips for reading, science and Black History Month.
- Read, Read, Read
- Encourage reading and celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday with Read Across America.
- Saving Notes and Recorded Spelling
- Tips for teaching grammar, spelling and proper enunciation (good for ELL students!).
- Healthy Hearts, Broadcasting Books and Final Fridays
- Celebrate valentine's Day without the candy, encourage reading with podcasts, and more.
- Recorded Reading and Classroom Chat
- How to ensure that children read at home nightly, plus tips for improving class discussions and for using Smartboards.
- Movements toward New Beginnings
- Use tai chi movements to break up the day, and have students memorize a poem as year-long reminder of what's most important.
- Homework and Health
- Teaching students to be responsible for their homework, and how to address use of foul language.
- Spelling Game and Angry Parent Procedure
- Tips for reinforcing spelling skills, for dealing with upset parents, and more.
- In House Field Trips
- Take a field trip without leaving school grounds, teach mapping coordinates using floor tiles, and more.
- Holiday Gifts and Chuckles
- Activity ideas for making holiday gifts (plus, tell us about field trips you can take without leaving school grounds!).
- Spelling Scatter and Peaceful Music
- Tips for improving spelling, restoring classroom order with music, and more.
- Computer Cards and Fall Writing
- A tip for organizing your computer class, and an idea for a fun, seasonal writing activity.
- Thanksgiving Day and Daily Routines
- A writing activity for Thanksgiving, a classroom cleaning tip, and thesaurus recommendations.
- Technology and Television Teaching
- Tips for integrating the use of television and other technologies into your teaching.
- Cleaning Up Schools
- Two tips for cleaning up your classroom, plus funny things said by kids.
- Cheating and Class Presentations
- An easy way to curb cheating, and a time-honored tip for holding student presentations.
- Time and Seasons
- A quick & easy way to assign class partners, and an activity for making "nature bracelets."
- Reading and Roles
- Mastering fluency and reading comprehension, placing students in groups, and curbing excessive hallway running.
- Fluency Phones and Readers' Theater
- Use PVC piping to create "phones" that help students practice reading aloud, plus more reading tips.
- Pretend Planes and Paper Piles
- Suggestion for teaching about Hispanic Heritage Month, cutting down on paperwork, and finding pen pals.
- Checker Checking and Timesaver Tests
- Tips for saving time grading papers, and a question about dealing with tragedy.
- Treasures and Toothpaste
- Recycling old classroom furniture, cleaning your whiteboard, saving time, and more.
- Computer Tasks and Pre-Tests
- Technology activities to last the whole year, and why pre-tests can't be emphasized enough.
- Grade Rules and Home Base
- What to do when students earn poor grades, and how to organize yourself when traveling between classrooms.
- Emergencies and Echoes
- Use a personal bulletin board to organize important stuff, and how to get students' attention.
- State and Union Representatives
- A computer game for history and geography, tracking your supplies, and balancing safety against involvement.
- Student Seeds and Traveling Teachers
- Tips for the first day of school, suggestions for "traveling teachers," and more.
- Student Reception and School Redesign
- Tips for welcoming new students and helping them become comfortable in a new school.
- Supporting New Teachers and Student Goals
- Start the school year by welcoming new teachers and students, and helping your students set learning goals for the year.
- Listening and Lighting
- Defuse potential conflicts with active listening, and use lamps to improve classroom atmosphere.
- Communication and Creative Supplies
- How to establish open communication with parents, where to find free stuff, and defusing conflicts.
- Test Chants and Exercises
- Ease test stress with a chant for the whole class or quick, simple physical exercises.
- Teaching with Newspapers
- Ideas for using newspapers to reinforce math and language arts skills.
- Papers and Portfolios
- Using newspapers in the classroom, beefing up your portfolio, and teamwork among teachers.
- Homework Assistance and Assistant
- Solutions for improving homework and tracking absentees, and queries about teaching with newspapers and discipline.
- Spelling Practice and Skinny Posters
- Tips for reviewing spelling words in large groups, for hanging bulletin boards, and more.
- Shakespeare and Steno Notes
- Engage students while teaching Shakespeare, and practice better note-taking skills.
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- Share your practical classroom tips with other educators via the Works4Me e-mail newsletter.
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