Teach Every Day

Looking for a simple, research based, no-prep test prep strategy to help your students get ready for their next exam? Here is my favorite method! 

Make lecture fun with Notes Bingo! Transform the note-taking process from a mundane task into an interactive game that motivates students to stay focused and engaged throughout the lesson.

Looking for gift ideas for science teachers? Skip the usual tumblers—teachers receive plenty of those—and go for something truly unique and science-inspired! In this post, we’ve rounded up a list of fun, thoughtful gifts that are not only practical but also personal, celebrating your science teacher’s favorite subject. 

Explore six easy ways to use ChatGPT in the classroom, transforming traditional teaching methods into dynamic, engaging learning opportunities! From sparking meaningful class discussions to generating interactive vocabulary lessons, ChatGPT offers a fun approach that can save you time and add to student learning.

I may be late to the party, but I just discovered a FREE Chrome extension that can make my teaching, planning, and grading a whole lot easier! You have got to check out Brisk Teaching! I promise it will blow your mind.

All teachers want to increase student engagement. When your students are engaged, the lesson sings! It is like magic, seeing alert faces, excited about the topic at hand. Time flies by! You do not even want class to end. 

fill in a set of skeleton notes or to label a complex diagram.  The method is simple, and includes movement, teamwork, and competition!

Many of us are starting the school year doing virtual classes. It is a tough situation – for a lot of reasons. I think the worst part is how difficult it will be to connect with my students. This blog post came out of a deep need for ways to build relationships during distance learning. It is also a sincere invitation to offer your own ideas that we can all benefit from.

Teacher communication with parents and students is always important. Somehow, though, I imagine that this coming year communication will be even more essential. There will likely be (many) days that I do not see my students in person. Parents will need to be in close connection with the workings of the classroom and the school. I need a communication tool that can do…a lot.

You and I are probably in the same boat – trying to figure out how to take months of instruction and make it available to your students for Remote Learning. There are many ways to do this, the learning curves of some ways are steeper than others! That is why I love Padlet. Learn how to use Padlet to teach a digital lesson with student interaction and feedback. Remote learning made simple and effective.

We all want our students to learn from their mistakes. Tests are not just a grade, but a measure of where student understanding is. We want to help fill in the gaps, which usually includes some form of test corrections.

But what is the best way to do test corrections? I was searching for a way that truly helped students learn from their mistakes, but did not take up a lot of time. I needed a test correction method that was meaningful, and motivated even hard-to-motivate students.

We all want to save time grading.  But is it possible to give assignments that not only help your students learn more, but reduce the time it takes to grade them? Yes it is! I often feel overwhelmed by piles of student work. While I use Google Forms for quick and frequent formative assessment, multiple […]

Time is a four letter word for some teachers. It is the one thing we all wish we had more of. We need more time to get to the end of our to-do list – the daily tasks of planning, grading, and paperwork. But even more than that, we want  time outside of school, with […]

Its been a long day, molding young minds, making big differences, encouraging and inspiring. You have taught hard, graded tirelessly, and planned lessons for eight plus hours. You are ready to go home and relax. But then the dreaded thought crosses your mind (or one of your offspring asks), “What’s for dinner?” Making dinner is […]

To see the data, click the ‘responses’ tab at the top. Then click the green square near the top right corner of the screen. This will generate a spreadsheet with all of your data entry!

Just what you need, data to better help your students!

Looking for other ways to keep track of your student’s progress? Check out this post to see how the new AI tool Brisk Teaching can do it for you!

My teaching life changed after learning this super simple way to collect digital work from students. Organized and all in one place, so easy to access and grade! My students used to send me an email with links to their digital work, but that meant me constantly searching though my inbox to find missing assignments! […]