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- Classroom Organization, Clean Desks for Students - Mission: Cleaner …Updated: 2008-08-18 @ 16:01:57 GMT
Cleaner Desks: Are they Mission Impossible or Possible? Here are a few simple strategies to help your students maintain optimum organization of their belongings in your classroom… - How to Create a Behavior ContractUpdated: 2008-08-18 @ 16:01:28 GMT
How to create a behavior contract that really works! Especially for K-6 teachers… - How to Organize Your FilesUpdated: 2008-08-18 @ 16:01:04 GMT
Tips for organizing your files into proper categories, specifically Elementary School Educators… - RubricCreated: 2008-08-16 @ 21:11:36 GMT
What is a rubric? A definition for teachers interested in this comprehensive method of assessing student performance… - Objectives - Lesson Plan Objectives and Goals DefinedUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:46:00 GMT
An effective lesson plan begins with clearly-defined objectives and goals… - Direct Instruction - Lesson Plan Direct Instruction DefinedUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:43:43 GMT
Direct Instruction is the meat and potatoes of a well-written lesson plan. Here, you'll find the definition of Direct Instruction and how you can write this section of a lesson plan effectively… - Guided Practice - Lesson Plans Guided Practice DefinedUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:39:54 GMT
Guided practice is the fourth step in writing an effective and strong lesson plan for the elementary school classroom… - Closure - Lesson Plan Closure DefinedUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:36:12 GMT
Closure is the fifth step in writing an effective lesson plan for the elementary school classroom. It provides a conclusion and context for the learning achieved during the lesson… - Independent Practice - Lesson Plan Independent Practice DefinedUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:34:11 GMT
Independent Practice is the sixth step in writing an effective lesson plan for the elementary classroom… - Required Materials - Lesson Plan Required Materials and Equipment De…Updated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:33:13 GMT
Required Materials is the seventh step of writing an effective lesson plan for the elementary school classroom… - Anticipatory Sets - Lesson Plan Anticipatory Sets DefinedUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:31:32 GMT
Anticipatory sets are the part of lesson plans that activate background knowledge for your students as you begin a lesson plan and get ready to enter the direct instruction… - Assessment - Definition of Assessment and Follow-Up for Lesson PlansUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:30:56 GMT
The Assessment and Follow-up section is the eighth part of writing an effective lesson plan… - Elementary Education - Lesson Plans and Tips for Elementary School T…Updated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:10:48 GMT
Everything an elementary school teacher needs to succeed - advice, lesson plans, community, and information about classroom discipline, holiday celebrations, language arts instruction, assessment, … - Back to SchoolUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:07:44 GMT
It's Back to School time which means it's time to be organized and deliberate in how you set up your students for success in the new school year. These lesson plans and tips will help your manage … - Pen Pals Kids - Design a Kids Pen Pals Program for the ClassroomUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 20:02:06 GMT
How to Design a Kids Pen Pal Program for the elementary school classroom… - Pen Pals Kids - Design a Kids Pen Pals Program for the ClassroomUpdated: 2008-08-16 @ 19:55:45 GMT
How to Design a Kids Pen Pal Program for the elementary school classroom… - The Essential 55 by Ron Clark - Behavior Management with Ron Clark's…Updated: 2008-08-16 @ 19:30:52 GMT
A discussion of how to use Ron Clark's book The Essential 55 in the elementary classroom… - Classroom Jobs - Assigning Classroom Jobs to Teach Students Responsi…Updated: 2008-08-14 @ 07:55:12 GMT
Classroom jobs are an easy and fun way to teach kids about responsibility… - Interview Questions - Common Interview Questions for Teaching JobsUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 07:46:52 GMT
Before you show up for your job interview, use these common interview questions to prepare your answers and calm your nerves… - Teaching Fractions - Using Chocolate Bars for Teaching FractionsUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 07:43:41 GMT
A Delicious Way to Teach Fractions. For elementary school educators… - Classroom Rewards - Free and Effective Classroom RewardsUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 07:34:56 GMT
Don't spend your hard-earned money buying little material rewards for your students. See how you can spend nothing and get a whole lot of great behavior in return!… - Quiet Students - Quiet Students Without Saying a WordUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 07:21:05 GMT
Check out these simple nonverbal ways to keep your students quiet and on task… - Teaching Reading Comprehension with Mosaic of Thought and Reader's W…Updated: 2008-08-14 @ 07:08:42 GMT
Teaching Reading Comprehension with Mosaic of Thought and Reader's Workshop… - Lesson Plans - What Does A Great Lesson Look Like to Your Students?Updated: 2008-08-14 @ 06:53:20 GMT
What Does a Great Lesson Look Like? For elementary school educators… - Classroom Jobs - How to Assign Classroom JobsUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 06:40:12 GMT
Classroom jobs are an easy and fun way to teach kids about responsibility… - Lesson Plans - Find and Write Lesson PlansUpdated: 2008-08-14 @ 05:00:06 GMT
Lesson plans are the foundation of effective elementary school instruction. Good teaching requires clear learning objectives and solid direct instruction, followed up by independent practice… - Teaching 101 - Basic Teaching 101 Tips on Student Discipline, Lesson…Updated: 2008-08-14 @ 04:57:56 GMT
Learn from the experience of others with these tips and suggestions for how to be a happy and effective elementary school teacher… - Classroom Job Application - How to Assign Classroom Jobs with a Job …Updated: 2008-08-14 @ 04:20:07 GMT
Classroom jobs are an easy and fun way to teach kids about responsibility… - Writing Lesson Plans - 8 Steps to Writing a Perfect Lesson PlanUpdated: 2008-08-12 @ 08:13:47 GMT
The perfect lesson plan includes 8 parts - Objective, Anticipatory Set, Direct Instruction, Guided Practice, Closure, Independent Practice, Required Materials, and Assessment/Follow-Up… - Lesson Plan Template - Blank 8-Step Lesson Plan TemplateUpdated: 2008-08-12 @ 08:04:41 GMT
Use this blank 8-part lesson plan template every time that you need to write a lesson plan for elementary school teaching… - Descriptive Writing Lesson Plans - Tips for Descriptive Writing Succ…Updated: 2008-08-12 @ 07:33:47 GMT
How to guide your K-6 students' creative writing from ho-hum to wow!… - Biography Poems Poetry Lesson Plan - Biography Poems, Bio Poems, Lan…Updated: 2008-08-12 @ 06:37:52 GMT
Bio Poems are a fun and easy way to ease your elementary students into poetry. This activity is especially great for the first few days of school… - Making the Most of Your SummerUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 07:25:14 GMT
Making the Most of Your Summer. Ideas for Teachers… - Computers - Technology - Information - NewslettersUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:54:09 GMT
Links to web sites about Computers and Technology, especially Information and Newsletters, for Elementary School Educators… - Elementary Educators - Online Project Center - Writing Haiku - from …Updated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:33:42 GMT
Writing Haiku, a lesson plan for Elementary Educators, written by Cindy Funkhauser. from your About.com Guide… - Black History Month for EducatorsUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:18:29 GMT
Black History Month for Elementary School teachers… - Art History - GuideUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 02:14:07 GMT
About your guide to the Internet for this interest area, brought to you by Mining Co… - Elementary Educators - Online Project Center - Bubble, Bubble, Oh Ho…Updated: 2008-08-11 @ 01:38:26 GMT
Bubble, Bubble, Oh How They Bubble, a lesson plan for Elementary Educators, written by Janice McNair. from your About.com Guide… - Associations and OrganizationsUpdated: 2008-08-11 @ 01:33:01 GMT
Links related to Associations and Organizations. Just for Elementary School Teachers… - Black History Month for EducatorsUpdated: 2008-08-06 @ 08:24:26 GMT
Black History Month for Elementary School teachers…