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Your desk space is for many a reflection of their personality. Finding a stylish and high-quality storage space on a desk can be difficult. You don’t want something that breaks easily or is going to be difficult to clean, and you most certainly want it to be cleaned easily without being tarnished. Those who desire an organized desk space want something that can hold personal items as well as pens and pencils. In this article, we put together a list of the best pen holder for desk and study spaces to keep you organized and focused in 2021.
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Every year, teachers try to find ways t best help the variety of students in their class. Sitting in a classroom all day is already hard for any child, but it is notably more challenging for some with more challenges than others to sit and listen for an entire school day. This is where fidget toys for the classroom can aid children best to cope better in these situations. For instance, the ever-famous fidget spinners have helped students concentrate in class and bring a sense of calm to them.
By definition, fidgeting is a motor experience with little information about the effects of …

Voice amplifiers can be exceptionally useful for teachers. Teachers depend on their voices to communicate with their students, and sometimes they can lose their voice from doing so. I have had this experience more than once. A portable voice amplifier has been the best solution to constant yelling or over-talking as these small devices offer significant benefits. Sometimes it’s hard to deliver your presentation to a loud and clear audience, especially when having to wear face masks all day, which is where one of the voice amplifiers come in beneficial. Continue reading this …

Sometimes it can be tough to keep all books organized in the classroom library. Further, many teachers want functional and appealing classroom furniture. A bright and colorful classroom and a classroom bookshelf help impress parents walking their young children into their classes. With that said, teachers want storage space that is going to be durable and last for more than one or two school years.
When thinking about the best shelving units in the classroom, I thought about my classroom and the things I would want or …

In this article, you will find the best dry erase lap boards for the classroom and on-the-go drawing at field trips. A dry-erase board can be one of the most beneficial learning tools within a classroom. Dry-erase boards can be used when playing games, doing specific learning activities, or take a short brain break. While the chalkboard used to be the best learning tool way back in the day and technology in the classroom can seem overwhelming today, the lap boards are a useful way of promoting learning …

At some point, most of us have said the words, “I need a brain break…” or some variation of it. Brain breaks are important not only for kids but for adults as well. In life, we often feel like we need to focus on things intently to understand something or finish a project. Sometimes, during a long day at school, there is only so much we can take and only so long we can concentrate on one thing before everyone’s brain gets too tired to keep on. Hence where brain breaks for the classroom come into play.
Brain breaks are a great tool in almost any setting but especially helpful in the classroom, either with small children up through the high school senior. These …

The pros and cons of technology in the classroom have been debated for as long as new technology has been introduced in education systems. Whether we like it or not, this integration of computer technology in class will only continue to expand and advance. Critics and experts understand this but often wonder what price students pay at the expense of innovation.
When we think of the classroom, some of us may have classic images stuck in our minds from our favorite movies and TV shows, if not our past experiences. In your mind, you likely still see a teacher scrawling their name on a chalkboard, a pencil, paper, and a 500-page used textbook on your wobbly desk—vocabulary words lightly…

In the ever-changing educational climate, with its constant adjustments, classroom learning has become much more student-directed. As good teachers know, student-directed learning is interesting and engaging for students. Children learn best when they are enjoying themselves and fully engaged in classroom lessons. By involving students in lesson planning and activities, student-centered learning can be an incentive for students to understand their learning styles. This will help them succeed in their future adult lives. Developing educational objectives is crucial to find effective, student-centered learning goals. All learning goals should be observable and the three M’s-…

In this article, you will find the five best pencil grips for better and more comfortable handwriting. In addition, we included a buyer’s guide at the end of the article.
As adults, we often take for granted how easily we can pick up a pencil and write. We think of a task or name or number we don’t want to forget, and we write it down. Many daily users of pens, pencils, paintbrushes, and more can struggle to hold these items. Young children under 7 are especially prone to having difficulty using a pencil, as they are still developing grip …

Small group instruction refers to teaching concepts, information, and learning strategies to a small group of students. Having fewer students allows the teacher to share a deeper level of opportunity with students across different skill levels. Some of these students may struggle with different learning problems.
Benefits of Small Group Instruction
Teaching students in small groups allows the teacher to give each student more individual attention. This benefits especially those who are struggling in bigger classes. It gives them a better chance of catching up with the rest of the group.
A teacher with a smaller class can give a better formative assessment…

A text features anchor chart is a unique way to teach your students to learn and detect different nonfiction work elements. These charts give students an understanding of what text features to look for, how to find them, and why they are important. A text feature anchor chart can be more useful than a traditional lecture. It gives the reader a visual representation of the things they are looking for within a book or other work.
Creating anchor charts can be an interactive learning process. It is another way to facilitate greater learning and comprehension of the material.
How to Make A Text Features Anchor Chart
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Helping our students practice and understand different text features is a key part of imparting reading comprehension. Interactive learning is effective at helping kids retain information and understand concepts better.  One way to make a non-fictional text more exciting is a scavenger hunt. Below you will find a free text features scavenger hunt template. You will also find some ideas of how to set up a fun scavenger hunt in the classroom.
How to Set Up the Text Features Scavenger Hunt
Before you begin your text features scavenger hunt, make sure that your students have a basic understanding of what a text element is and how to find them.
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Students retain information a lot better when their lessons are interactive and engaging. Teaching kids about text features and reading comprehension and finding ways to make these lessons interactive is a great way to really assist students during guided reading and nonfiction reading sessions. In this article, you will find fun examples to integrate text feature activities into your classroom.
There are tons of different ways to turn lessons about text features into fun tasks that make teaching nonfiction a lot easier …

In this article, you will find a list of our 10 favorite review games that are fun for students and teachers.
A review game is a fun and unique game to prepare students for tests. There are many different types of review games that students can play. They help students prepare for upcoming tests and better solidify their understanding of the content in class.
A review game aims to find ways to get students to answer questions correctly in a way that doesn’t feel like work. Group activities whereby students work in teams is a great way to foster team-building and help students with test prep.
This type of game can make the time in the classroom more…

Classroom jobs refer to in-class tasks that elementary students partake in to help them learn how to assist others, develop manners, and learn basic responsibility. These tasks make kids feel like they are part of the class. Classroom jobs promote positive social behavior and save a teacher’s time in the process. Later in this article, you will find a list of our favorite classroom jobs.
Jobs in the classroom can take a lot of different forms. They help foster a better classroom community. The teacher can assign them at the beginning of the year or change them during quarters or semesters. These small tasks are a great way to prepare kids for the real world, …

We talk a lot about how important a teacher’s work is, but we don’t often take the time to think about how much of themselves they put in their work. Let’s take a minute to look at some facts about teachers and how our teachers put in hard hours every day to help ensure all students’ quality education under their charge. Here are 10 facts about teachers that make us appreciate their work more.

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Text features are an essential part of teaching. It is an academic phrase that refers to parts of the text but is not part of its main body. These features are part of the text organizational structure but don’t necessarily appear directly within the nonfiction text.
The most common areas for text features in books are the index, table of contents, captions under pictures or diagrams, glossary terms, labels or features of graphs and charts, and bolded words.
Text features are commonly used in nonfiction work. They are a unique way to help the student understand a key concept or theme. Quality text …

As great as technology is, sometimes old fashion,, writing on the whiteboard can be the best method to deliver certain types of instruction. Plus, there are so many fun things that you can do with dry erase markers in the classroom. Have students write notes of encouragement to others or write your exit ticket question up on the board for students to answer on a sticky note.
Even the classrooms with the best overhead projectors and document cameras will still find teachers who need their dry …

Teacher stamps encourage positive encouragement and draw attention to areas of improvement. They can ask a parent to sign or a student to redo work. Stamps are a great way to bring a little extra flair to your papers and your class – and even brighten up your day. There are tons of teacher stamps to choose from that all your students will love. They can be self-inking, rubber stamps with ink – or even wooden if you’re going old school. Students love getting these on their papers, and they are a great addition to your grading routine.
Stamps can be used to ask students and parents to sign, resubmit work, or request additional assistance. Students can’t miss …

Counting heads, booking busses, packing food and water, medical bags, and tracking down that last kid that had to get the snack bar right before leaving is always tiring. However, 2020 has left every kid and every teacher wishing for some normalcy the opportunity to see something new and exciting. The question arises as to how teachers and homeschoolers can make classes fun and exciting. How can we, as teachers, bring that loving field-trip-feeling into the classroom? The answer is virtual field trips for students!
Virtual field trips can be viewed from a computer screen or …