Learning students’ names will improve your classroom management. The start of any school year can feel like a scramble, a constant question of how do I handle all of this? If…
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Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers
Today I’m talking about classroom management tips for secondary teachers. Older students demand a different approach to classroom management in the classroom. You can have successful secondary classroom management, though. …
Teaching Summer School as an ELA Teacher
Teaching summer school as an ELA teacher? Let’s look at summer school English activities. I taught summer school three times, and each time, I loved it. That’s not an exaggeration;…
Differentiation in the Secondary Classroom
Differentiation in the secondary classroom? It is expected, required. Students benefit from it, and overall, differentiation improves classroom management. Still, differentiation is a juggling act for teachers especially with difficult…
Bell Ringers for High School Language Arts
What bell ringers for high school language arts will help your class? I begin each of my high school classes with “bell ringers.” These work well for secondary students; they…
January Language Arts Tips: New Classes After Break
These January language arts tips will get you through the longest month of the school year. As a secondary teacher, I have two first days of school: one in August,…
October Language Arts Activities
October language arts activities: have fun with your secondary students while still providing meaningful lessons. As a teacher, you want students to enjoy the seasons. They are, after all, still…
High School Classroom Management
I recently wrote about implementing meaningful classroom procedures for older students. That post only brushed the surface, so I’m elaborating today about high school classroom management. Classroom management. Theories surrounding…
Make Meaningful Classroom Procedures for Older Students
I thought of meaningful classroom procedures last night. (I’m a teacher and I do such abnormalities.) Teaching procedures and routines can help in the secondary classroom. How, and why? I…
How To Teach Subjects You Dislike
Teaching subjects you dislike? I feel you. Here is what I do. April is National Poetry Month. If I were not an English teacher, I wouldn’t know this because I’m…