A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder These two stories by Richard Peck offer a lively picture of the depression years in small-town...		Good Assessment Strategies Find suggestions for preparing your student for tests and other forms of assessment.
What Is Cooperative Learning, and What Does It Do? Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students...		Guide to Citing Online Sources How to format citations for Web sources.
Are Teachers the Culprits Behind Poor Behavior? If you're having behavioral problems in your classroom, find out if your own actions could be...		Discipline Strategies in the Music Classroom Distribute an article that gives discipline strategies and behavior management tips to use in...
Map Library – Activities These printable mapping activities are sure to keep your students engaged in learning...		Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, will...
Teacher & Student Puzzles & Games Use puzzles as a way to extend learning and build skills for all students. These puzzles have...		Promoting Social Development for Students with Autism Background information on four approaches that have commonly been used to promote social...
Funbrain to Go: Math Baseball Try the new and improved, downloadable Math Baseball. It's the most popular math practice game...		Variation of the Good Behavior Game This behavior management technique focuses on helping control students who thrive on acting out...
Parent-Teacher Conferences: Five Important Questions Prepare yourself for parent-teacher conferences by having the answers for some very important...		Creating Meaningful Performance Assessments An overview of how to create meaningful performance assessments to measure student abilities...
How to Weight Rubrics: Part Four in a Five-Part Series Share an article that shows how you can apply weights to different criteria, making some...		Teaching with Cooperative Learning Learn the basics of successfully teaching your class with the cooperative learning method. ...
Summer Reading List -- Middle This list of recommended vacation reading for the middle grades is provided by Penguin Young...		Getting Parents Involved Encourage parents to volunteer in the classroom year round as an important positive step in...
Grading the Writing of Your Students A list of general keys to grading your students' writing.		Collecting Data The main purpose of collecting data is to answer questions whose answers are not immediately...