Online Stopwatch keeps your running class on time
BY BILL FERRIS One of the oldest classroom management tricks in the book is to use a timer to keep your students on schedule. Just finished a math lesson? Let them know they have two minutes to get...
View ArticleUse Team Maker for your next group assignment
BY BILL FERRIS Dividing your class into teams is an activity fraught with peril. Friends cluster together, shy kids awkwardly ask if they can join a group, and all that jostling can eat up several...
View ArticleFind some inspiration at Poster-Street
BY KEVIN HODGSON What’s a classroom if not a place for motivation? We want to encourage our students to reach inward and for their very best. We do this with words and actions, but sometimes, a...
View ArticleTake Harry Wong's Teacher Effectiveness Quiz to gauge your classroom...
Harry Wong, author of The First 100 Days of School, has set up a 20-question quiz for teachers about classroom management and daily routines. It's a great opportunity to reflect on one's practice and...
View ArticleMap out your classroom with Classroom Architect
BY BILL FERRIS Who doesn’t love moving furniture? The answer, of course, is pretty much everybody. Changing up the floor plan for your classroom involves moving desks, rugs and shelves around until you...
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