Honestly, establishing expectations during the first few weeks of school is essential to having a great year. Students learn about expected behavior and consequences for not following rules. Additionally, they learn how to make friendships and the importance of sharing. Thus, teachers carefully plan ... Read More
Teaching Responsibility with What If Everybody Did That?
Sadly, the Earth is experiencing devastating consequences. For instance, polar ice caps are melting as global warming causes climate change. Additionally, people are filling our beautiful land with trash. There is so much harm done daily, but many people do not realize it. Thus, students must ... Read More
Conflict Resolution with Enemy Pie
Teachers love to develop creative lessons and inspire students to love learning. Additionally, they love to design classroom routines and expectations that focus on positivity and kindness. However, one aspect that teachers do not enjoy involves settling fights and arguments between students. ... Read More
The Importance of Being Yourself with Be You
One of the aspects students love most about school involves their classmates. They love making new friends and getting to see them each day. However, children also put a lot of pressure on themselves to make friends. Due to this, they can lose sight of the importance of being themselves. Sadly, they ... Read More
Celebrating Diversity with The Day You Begin 
When students are at home, they are comfortable being who they are. This often means speaking a certain language, following specific beliefs, and eating certain foods. However, they enter a classroom full of students with different backgrounds when they go to school. Often, this makes students feel ... Read More
Developing Empathy through The Invisible Boy
Are you often reminding students to be nice to each other? Or, to treat others with respect and compassion? Honestly, these reminders are something all teachers say to students regardless of grade level. For a variety of reasons, students sometimes forget about being kind. They also forget they ... Read More
