Middle School

Erin Castillo, an educator at John F. Kennedy High School in Freemont, California, created a mental health check-in chart for her students.

Teach color words with the ever-popular frog street press color songs. Here are the top color word songs on video, in my opinion, for kindergarten. I don't know about you but we used these songs repeatedly to teach how to spell color words in kindergarten. In fact, I love using songs so much that I created more songs to teach every sight word required by our district! I'll list the videos for each color and let you know what is listed for each color. Plus, I share how I taught a few of these…

Back to School Activity Binder (Preschool)- fun busy bag ideas for toddlers and preschoolers! Download the PDFs to make a interactive binder. Great for classrooms or at home! Shapes, colors, tall to short, abc, alphabet learning activities. #backtoschool #classroomideas #activitybinder #binder #preschooleducation #preschoolfun #craftymorning

Author's Purpose- Decide what the author's purpose for writing is. TONS of printable worksheets to teach literacy!

Middle School students will dive right into this awesome lesson that focuses on the principle of perspective while designing a 3D looking aquarium.

The young middle school singers who arrive in my choral classroom each August are incredibly diverse. In my room, I have children whose native languages are Dari (the Persian language of Afghanistan), Mandarin, Hindi, German, Spanish, Swahili and many more. I've taught singing to children in my classroom who, believe it or not, are almost completely deaf, some who have trouble matching pitch, some who can barely articulate due to cerebral palsy, children with severe intellectual limitations…

You get your new classroom key. You walk excitedly to your new room and unlock the door. Inside you see a stack of chairs and tables in the corner. So where to begin? First things first. You need to get your tables in an arrangement that will facilitate learning by allowing your students to see you and the board. TEACHER DESK The placement of your teacher desk is important and is the first place to start. You need to be able to see the whole classroom and have access storage. Some things to…

Grab a TON of FREE Math Mania Games to strengthen your students' addition & subtraction! Snag easy printable math games for 1st & 2nd grade!