The Teacher RockStar Blog

That’s good advice. Giving your students opportunities to “teach” each other gives them chances to exercise many skills and build their abilities as leaders and persuasive speakers. Whether working in

Those crucial first impressions tend to last. How you introduce yourself at the beginning of the first class may have real impact throughout the term. Class starts before the bell

Tip: Vary your Voice A clue to communicative speech is to pick out the most important words and say them LOUDER! In any sentence, one word will be the most

Check your body for points of tension – are your shoulders tight? Your students will notice, I promise you. Do you look people in the eye or avoid eye contact?

Authors: Nell K. Duke, P. David Pearson, Stephanie L. Strachan, and Alison K. Billman If learning to read effectively is a journey toward ever-increasing ability to comprehend texts, then teachers

Reading is vital to a child’s ability to learn and be successful in school. But a child’s ability to read doesn’t happen automatically. Children develop important language skills from birth—and

Here is one explanation for students’ grades that can be useful to get you thinking about student attitudes and behaviors. Attitude = Grade F – The Failing Student Often sits

There are many different schools of thought regarding classroom rules. There are teachers who let the children decide on the rules and how they will be implemented. Other teachers have

I firmly believe that nothing is as powerful or serves better to foster strong bonds within a classroom as building a sense of community. This takes precedence for me over