As you all may know, February is a very important and busy month for many different reasons. First and foremost, and probably the most obvious is Black History Month. In addition to that, it is CTE/CTAE month and it contains national FCCLA Week. February is also a big month for[Read more]
Goal Setting Activity With the start of a new year, I’m sure you have set some goals (resolutions..lol!) that you would like to accomplish. How about allowing your students to do the same thing? Have your students either create posters or journals of their goals. Have them find visuals or[Read more]
Organizing Your Supplies FACS teachers are known for using a wide variety of materials to enhance their lessons. As stated in a previous article, when requiring students to use other materials to complete assignments, you want to make sure that these materials are readily available. Of course, these materials need[Read more]
Classroom Management Notebook Classroom management and organization goes hand in hand. A classroom management notebook comes in handy when trying to get organized. It is basically a place to keep everything that pertains to all of your classes. Materials needed: 3 ring binder (I use a 3 inch) Dividers or[Read more]
Let’s face it, teaching is a hard enough job without all the added stress of looking for stuff, forgetting to complete tasks, missed deadlines, throwing away important documents, and most importantly wasting valuable time in the process. Well, it’s the start of a new year, so let’s start it off[Read more]
Happy New Year’s!!!! I hope that everyone had a wonderful winter vacation and is ready to dig in and tackle this second semester of school. I have many new ideas and resources in store for you to help make this a great year! Keep watching!!!
It’s the week before winter vacation and all through the school, not a student is listening, and that’s just not cool. The teachers are coming up with lessons out of thin air because they are practically burnt out by this time of year. If this is you, please keep reading…[Read more]
Hi, I’m back! Sorry for lack of posting you guys but was having some severe technical difficulties. My laptop of five years decided to stop working for me. However, I managed to talk my husband into letting me open my Christmas gift early (A NEW LAPTOP)!!! Isn’t it nice? Check[Read more]
You start your day and have a great lesson planned and an even better project for your students to complete. Your hopes are high as you teach the lesson and give the directions for the project. You inform your students that this project is going to take two weeks. You[Read more]
How many of you blushed when you read that title?!! Well, its true we are H-O-T and have always been H-O-T, that is Hands-on-Teachers!!! So why is it that the rest of the education world is just catching on? Hands- on-learning is defined as learning by doing. It enables students[Read more]
