Teaching grammar doesn’t instill a sense of joy in the hearts of many teachers. Likewise, you don’t hear students often raving about the grammar lesson they had that day. It just seems so dry, so boring, so blah. Not that it isn’t an important skill, but when you don’t love what you’re teaching, it is […]

Finding something to engage your apathetic students can be like searching for a needle in a haystack! How do you motivate students that frankly do not care right now? Lack of motivation may have been more prevalent for our junior and senior high school students in the past. But this school year, apathy tops the […]

I absolutely LOVE math. There’s something about numbers and figuring out solutions that thrill me as an educator. Figuring out how to put together my math block was a challenge though. “Do I have a solid intro?” “Is there enough hands-on instruction?” “How do I manage my small group time?” “What about my independent stations […]