by Chris | Feb 3, 2026 | classroom management, seasonal
Valentine’s Day in the classroom can feel like a balancing act. Students are excited, routines feel shaky, and teachers are trying to keep learning meaningful while navigating candy, cards, and high energy. It is easy to feel pressure to create something memorable...
by Chris | Jan 13, 2026 | beginning of the year, classroom management, common core, data, seasonal
January is one of those months that feels like a fresh start and a reality check all at once. Winter break gives teachers a chance to breathe, but when we walk back into our classrooms, we’re often met with overflowing paper piles, half-working systems, and routines...
by Chris | May 6, 2024 | classroom management, higher order thinking
How can we respond to wrong answers in a way that encourages our children to keep thinking and trying, instead of making them feel disheartened or embarrassed? Here are some suggestions for how to respond to wrong or partially correct answers. I’m writing from an...
by Chris | Oct 15, 2022 | classroom management, seasonal
Every teacher has those days. Halloween, the day before Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Parent-Teacher Conferences, the last week of school. Of course, we want these hectic school days to be semi-productive, but we also don’t want to pile even more stress...
by Chris | Jan 29, 2021 | classroom management
In my classroom management, I like to implement systems on three levels of accountability: hold students accountable individually, as teams/ small groups, and as a whole class. This is how I use team points for small group accountability: How I use team points in my...
by Chris | Jan 29, 2021 | classroom management
Teamwork is one of the most important skills we can teach our students. It’s one of those things that they will need to rely on in almost every aspect of adult life, and yet sometimes it gets pushed aside in our busy teaching schedules. Here are...
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