Unit plans are beneficial in the lesson planning process. A step-by-step approach on how to create a unit plan and its various components.

How to create memorable lessons: 5 teacher takeaways after reading Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath. Engaging lesson ideas & creative tips

STEM is more than just a buzzword. And if you are committed to infusing STEM and project-based learning into your classroom, I have an excellent resource for you! #YoungScientist #ScienceTeacher #Science #sponsored

How do you ever start to put your students into groups? When you start to meet with your students, you want to make sure you are grouping students for centers in a way that is going to make all your hard work worth it!

Make introducing Shakespearean sonnets engaging and memorable for students! Help students internalize and apply poetic form and meter!

Learn the difference between the two types of understanding and how to provide opportunities of procedural and conceptual questioning in your classroom. We'll look at examples of word problems that impact learning.

Interesting Visual Featuring 6 Instructional Strategies That Sticks ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Need a quick way to introduce new content that will grab your students' attention? You can be sure that at least one of these five engaging strategies will be perfect for your lesson!

Making Learning STICK - Teaching Strategies Proven by Neuroscience -- Help students retain information in long-term memory with these 5 methods

There are at least two areas where school leaders waste the time of teachers. The faculty meeting is one of them and here are 3 reasons why.

Educational Leadership - June 2013 - Page 24-25

Educational Leadership - The first thing students need to learn is what they're supposed to be learning. #learningtargets #settinggoals

Women’s History Month each year is a fabulous time for teachers to recommit to integrating the experiences of women and girls into instruction on history and contemporary society all year. Check out the following 10 classroom resources that offer a historical look at women making history in various contexts and/or a bridge that helps you and your students explore connections between women’s history and women’s experiences today.

Macbeth was the first Shakespeare play I ever taught, and it helped me appreciate how much fun your students can have while acting out a drama in the classroom.However, this experience also helped me understand what aspects of a Shakespearean drama frustrate students and teachers. For these reasons, I created an abridged and modified version of Macbeth. Every scene has been condensed. I have included the reading side-by-side with questions and activities to guide students through the play…

I'm always looking for poems my students haven't already read. And I'm also interested in poets and poems my students don't already know. Jamaal May's work fits these needs and interests. He is a living black poet whose work most of my students have never explored. He's also a deft writer whose writing leaves readers with room for inference. In the case of "Respiration," May builds a powerful motif and uses a small moment to explore much larger parts of the human experience. #ela #poetry…

Between the launch of a project-based learning unit and the final presentation, targeted instruction and feedback are crucial for student success.