If you’ve ever had a room full of kids arguing over whose turn it is, you already know why teaching kindness and friendship matters, and why it’s harder than it sounds. That’s where Bluey comes in. Like most teachers, I...
Bring on the color, the blooms, and the spring energy! From celebrating Earth-friendly choices to building a spring reading display to helping students reflect on how they’re growing, these low-prep spring bulletin board kits turn your classroom door or bulletin...
Poets start their writing journey with their five senses, jotting notes and observations about what they see, hear, feel, taste, and touch. Help your students translate what they learned about their five senses into an amazing poem with this printable...
A long streak can look like progress, yet the next day’s conversation still produces blank pauses. Learners often feel they are studying consistently while somehow losing words in real time. Long-term retrieval is different, since speakers must produce a word...
As a teacher, you’ve probably heard the objection, ‘But how is this relevant to real life?’ from your students more than once. The truth is that students are indeed trained to mainly memorize factual information. While all of this has...
contributed by Vivian Ivey, Principal, Aloma High School, Orlando, FL It’s no surprise that teachers are facing growing pressures. They engage with diverse students, each bringing their own unique backgrounds, life experiences and personalities. In these potentially challenging circumstances, teachers...
There’s no single path to becoming a great teacher. Some educators start in traditional classrooms, others arrive after careers that shaped them in unexpected ways. For Atlanta-area teacher Allison Fisher, that path began on Broadway. This is where discipline, preparation,...
When Tom Dittl showed up to school wearing a full dinosaur head, his students were thrilled. The Wisconsin teacher had promised his class a surprise reward if they filled their “good choices” fuzzy jar, a whole‑group incentive built around teamwork...
St. Patrick’s Day is a fun, mid-March holiday that inspires learning about folktales and history, writing stories about magical creatures or lucky finds, and reading humorous limericks. Use this St. Patrick’s Day writing paper to capture student writing all March...
To call teachers “busy” is an understatement. But between grading lessons, attending PDs, and preparing for parent-teacher conferences, it’s still imperative that you find the time for preventative health. And Quest is here to help you save on your wellness...
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