New Ideas for Word Walls
July 30, 2018
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Your word wall should have terms and color images. You do not need to post the definition for the word wall to be effective. The
Lap Books: Out of the House and into the Classroom
February 2, 2018
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Lap Books have been a very popular tool for research, study and review in the world of homeschool instruction. The variety of benefits from
Teaching the Constitution
October 22, 2017
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Constitutional Conflict? How do you grab your students attention with the Constitution? It’s hard for students to read and hard for them to understand. I
Why Study History?
July 21, 2017
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As a classroom teacher, you often get hit with that question – usually within the first week of school by a student who “Does Not
Misery-Free Vocabulary Strategies
July 7, 2017
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I am from the generation when vocabulary was taught by each student taking out a sheet of paper, copying the new words and writing
Task Cards that Multi-Task for You
July 1, 2017
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Every teacher is a multi-tasker. You are listening to one group, keeping an eye on another group, assessing if the information you are providing is
Where Do I Go? What Do I Do?: The Time Wasting Problems of Cooperative Groups
June 21, 2017
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Another chance for time to be wasted and confusion to reign supreme is when you make, seat and assign roles or tasks to the members
My Summer Treasure Hunt
June 9, 2017
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By Kristi Grubaugh, Featured Teacher – Summer means the opportunity to read for leisure. There is a basket of cozy mystery paperback waiting for
DBQs for Students and You
June 9, 2017
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By Kristi Grubaugh, Contributing Teacher – I still remember the first time I showed a class a copy of the Declaration of Independence. The wonder