Category Archives: Teacher Tips
How to Lead a Small Group
10 Social Skills Kids Need to Develop
Kid Writing Critiques
Indie Writing Workshops invite students to write fiction, non fiction, poetry and whatever else they think of to express themselves. Here are a few questions they might answer when they read another student’s work. Does the story have a beginning, a middle and an ending? Did the author use strong, action verbs? Did the… Read More »
Cutting Down on Teacher Grading Tasks
Homework and student projects require hours of time to be ‘graded’. If you feel bogged down and buried in work, try these tweaks to lighten your load. Homework: 1. Set aside a few minutes each morning for students to Think-Pair-Share. Let them sit together and compare their completed homework. Allow then to make changes to… Read More »
Student Success: Book Sale on Educating America Materials
This past month I’ve enjoyed meeting people at two book events. If you were unable to attend, I’m extending the same book sale offer to you via this blog. You may purchase my Educating America book, flipbook and workbook for $20 (plus $6 shipping in USA) It’s a $34 materials value and comes with free… Read More »
Teacher and Parent Resource Closed
Teachers Notebook has closed it’s site, effective September 14th of this year. All of my materials seen on that site are still available on my Pinterest pages (https://www.pinterest.com/annaeger/boards) and on Teachers Pay Teachers (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Paddy-Eger-Strategies-For-Educating-America), as well as under the Educating America portion of my website http://www.paddyeger.com
Event Update #2
Tis the season! Join me for a second book fest. Puyallup Festival of Books, Saturday, Oct. 6th from 1-4 PM at the Puyallup Public Library, located at 324 S. Meridian, Puyallup. WA 98371 (253-841-5454) I’ll have all of my books and materials available for purchase. You can also pick my brain about school-related issues:… Read More »
Back-to-School Routines and Procedures for the K-6 Classroom
Here’s a list of routines and procedures that work for any K-6 classroom. I suggest you brainstorm with your class to discover and discuss the items that you wish to focus on early in the year. Then create a poster to hang up and periodically share and adjust the list with your class. Enter the… Read More »
Silly Rhymes for Your Day
Recently I ran across a list of silly rhymes worth sharing. They are the beginning of a never-ending list kids could add onto and create their own silly rhymes of ways to say good-bye. Enjoy a smile, crocodile! See you later…Alligator Adieu…Cockatoo After while…Crocodile Better swish…Jellyfish Got to dash… Succotash Chop, chop…Lollipop In an hour…Sunflower… Read More »