Categories
- Assessment (4)
- Fun Projects (15)
- Holidays (9)
- Novels and Novellas (2)
- Poetry (1)
- Secondary Education (32)
- Secondary Writing (10)
- Shoestring Budget (1)
- Short Stories (17)
- Smooth Classroom (6)
- Teaching (41)
- Teaching Ideas (38)
- Testing (2)
- Uncategorized (38)
Archives
Follow me on Facebook
- No feeds available.
-
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.redbubble.com/assets/external_portfolio.js"></script> <script id="rb-xzfcxvzx" type="text/javascript">new RBExternalPortfolio('www.redbubble.com', 'cdickson26', 2, 2).renderIframe();</script>
Category Archives: Teaching
5 Terms I Don’t Use– In or Out of the Classroom
While these terms are not quite worthy of the LSSU’s Banned Words List, they are words that I don’t use in, or out, of my classroom in reference to teaching. I admit sometimes being a just a little bit literal, … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, Uncategorized
2 Comments
5 Strategies for Teaching Summer School
Aside from the fact that summer school inevitably fell during the 20 most beautiful days in July, I rather enjoy teaching summer school. I’ve always been big on second chances. Plus, I tried to make it as fun for me … Continue reading
Posted in Secondary Education, Teaching, Teaching Ideas, Uncategorized
2 Comments
Give Students a Voice on Standardized Testing
No one likes standardized testing. Students have to suffer through testing. They often suffer from the pressure of needing to perform, anxiety over how much or little they know, and the stress of getting scores back. In addition, they have … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, Uncategorized
1 Comment
5 Ways to Make Students HATE Poetry (and 5 Things They’ll Like)
Follow this sure fire method to make sure your students come to hate studying poetry in class, or better, reading it at all! Continue reading
Posted in Secondary Writing, Teaching, Teaching Ideas, Uncategorized
3 Comments
Winter Reading for the Secondary Classroom
Even secondary students can enjoy themed assignments. Not the snow-flake or pumpkin adorned worksheets of primary grades, but themed content done age-appropriately. It’s much easier to read and imagine winter stories when there is snow on the ground, in my … Continue reading
I’m Thankful for the Thanksgiving Rap or Rhyme
We always have a short week before Thanksgiving break. At least two school days, sometimes three. The students are incredibly difficult to focus. I’ve found that even if I can engage them in our current task (unit, story, etc.), they … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Projects, Holidays, Secondary Education, Secondary Writing, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Teaching
Leave a comment
Why I Don’t Use Multiple Choice Questions
Creating and administering tests is used as an important gauge of student learning by teachers, parents, and administrators. It’s not the only way, but it’s probably the most common. In my classroom, when I have to give a test or … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Secondary Education, Teaching, Testing, Uncategorized
Tagged Teaching
1 Comment
5 Activities for LSSU’s Annual Banished Words List
Each year, Lake State Superior University gathers and releases their Banished Words list. Selecting overused and worn out words from the lexicon to be done away with and spare our ears/ eyes. Of course, it’s just good fun. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Projects, Secondary Education, Secondary Writing, Teaching, Teaching Ideas, Uncategorized
Tagged 5 Activities, Teaching
1 Comment