The Teacher RockStar Blog

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Often teachers report that on the first day of school, their students are eager to learn and seem to embrace the new experience and the opportunities ahead to learn new

On the first day of school, you meet and greet your students. You go over your expectations. Fresh from their summer vacation, your new students seem eager and interested. They

First of all, let me provide a simple definition of procedures and routines. A procedure is specifically how something is to be done. Whereas a routine is a mechanically performed

There are probably as many schools-of-thought on lesson planning as there are teachers of teaching. Your professors in teachers’ college will likely have insisted on a set style and approach

I want to take this opportunity to share with you my backstory that led me to create my Read! Coach! Read! (RCR) reading system. I had observed my fourth graders

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