Activities
Welcome your staff and students back this school year with exciting and creative activities to encourage community building and foster teacher appreciation! Check out these eight innovative ways to express your gratitude to your staff this year.
As a way to minimize summer learning loss, we’ve put together a few tips and resources created by educators on Teachers Pay Teachers, to help you come up with fun ways to encourage reading during summer breaks, including a reading journal to help you keep track of their progress.
Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia, said “A book is a cooperative venture. The writer can write a story down, but the book will never be complete until a reader, of whatever age, takes that book and brings to […]
All of us have made common grammar mistakes at one time or another. It’s happened to anyone who has ever written: You sit down and write a sentence, only to realize later that your grammar is not just wrong…it’s actually hilariously […]
Executive functions are a set of cognitive processes that help with decision making, achieving goals, planning, problem solving, organization, and controlling impulses. No one is born with these skills — you must learn them. During infancy, the foundation to build […]
The pandemic is presenting a variety of challenges for people that include personal, professional, and academic struggles. The unprecedented effect of the pandemic is leaving a huge gap in learning for many students. Children of all ages are struggling to […]
In just a few months, nearly everything about daily life has changed. Although we’ve just begun to settle into the norms of staying at home, we must prepare for next school year. Information is constantly changing so it may feel […]
Resources that are relevant, and personalized to students’ needs, can help increase engagement and improve academic achievement. Cover to cover – our school planners are 100% customizable. This means you have the freedom to create a resource designed specifically for […]
Add even more value to your student and teacher planner with enhancements. Enhancements are useful additions to your planner, for example, clear wallets to keep loose documents safe and in one place, and whiteboards to take temporary notes and show […]
With testing season in full swing, we know all too well that student stress levels are at their peak. Some students may even feel burnt out. Often, test preparation has been viewed as overwhelming for both teachers and students alike. […]
Staying organized is important for any student to be successful. Our recent survey highlights that a lack of organization is the leading barrier to student success. For some, it’s an issue of getting started and for others, it’s difficult maintaining […]
Students deserve an education that will not only prepare them for college, but also for the rest of their lives. In order to do this they should be given responsibilities, such as classroom jobs and group projects, which foster a […]