Ms. G

Unleashing the Second Half: Advantages for Teachers and Students

Hey fellow educators! As we step into the second half of the school year, it’s not just a countdown to summer break โ€“ it’s an opportunity to leverage the advantages that come with the journey we’ve shared so far. Here are three compelling reasons why teachers often find the second half to be a golden […]

Teacher Pro Tip: Use the End of the Year to Create Better Back to School Activities in Your Classroom

Get Ready to Create the Best Back to School Activities and Procedures USING the End of the Year The much-hyped โ€œstate testingโ€ season has probably come and gone in your classroomโ€ฆ and youโ€™re EXHAUSTED. The students are over it. Youโ€™re over itโ€ฆ And now youโ€™re looking at the calendar and wondering what in the world […]

5 Engaging Ways to Use an Interactive Whiteboard in Your Classroom

Put simply, the new wave of classroom technology is here: interactive whiteboards! Now, I must admit… I am a tad partial to this new interactive whiteboard technology since stepping away from the middle school classroom (hoping to get a post up about ๐Ÿ‘ˆ soon) and becoming an educational consultant for Promethean… BUT… I am confident […]

Ding-Dong! My Classroom Management Game-Changer: A Wireless Doorbell

With almost a decade of teaching experience in middle and high school classrooms, I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to improve my classroom management techniques. But one thing I know for sure is that it IS a work in progress that doesn’t happen overnight! One of the most important aspects of classroom management is […]

Classroom Website: ONE TWEAK that CHANGED My Year…

Over the past years, Iโ€™ve increased my โ€œclassroom websiteโ€ presenceโ€ฆ and USE! My classroom is currently a 1:1 classroom, which means I have a laptop for every student. This has been a blessing in many waysโ€ฆ but has also provided itโ€™s fair share of teacher AND student frustrations! Anyhooโ€ฆ This summer I decided to make […]

Increase Rigor and Engagement: Top 2 Task Card Strategies for the Middle School Classroom

If you haven’t heard… content-related task cards are “all the rage” in education right now, all the way from Kinder to Upper Secondary. I was skeptical of their function and effectiveness a few years ago (when I first stumbled upon a set on a respected teacher’s blog), but since then, I’ve created, tested and improved […]

Dystopian Resource Round Up: Lessons, Texts and Other Resources for the classroom!

Since I’m not teaching my usual Dystopian Literature unit this year (in my 8th grade English Language Arts class), I thought I would take a few moments to share all the things that I’ve created and found throughout the years of developing my all-time favorite unit of the year!! Introduction to Dystopia I was skeptical […]

What do teachers want to see? | Creating TPT Product Covers

I am fortunate to have created many resources that have helped teachers much like myself in their classrooms. I’ve done this by uploading my original lesson plans and activities to my TPT store for other educators to purchase or download for free! I would have NEVER imagined that I could sell many of my best […]

Save 28% on ALL Middle and High School Classroom Resources | TPT SALE

The time has come….. IT’S TIME TO SAVE $$$ on my best-selling classroom resources! It’s the Back-to-School TPT sell – which is the BEST time to load up on all the lesson plans and classroom resources you need to make this next school year the best one yet!!! By far, the best-valued resource available in […]

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