Teacher Blog

  • Tips for Reteaching in your Middle School Classroom: the “when” and “what”

    A common expectation for middle school teachers is to reteach when students are not mastering the standards. But what does that really mean?  Here’s my take on reteaching: Teaching is an ongoing cycle, and needing to reteach is NOT a sign that you’re an ineffective teacher. Let’s simplify reteaching in a way that allows you […]

  • Simple and effective TEST PREP games for older kids

    Get my FREE Guide Learn tips and strategies for teaching Social Studies when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD I have several test review games that are NO prep (or very, very little prep) and super simple. My middle school students need a review game because we all know that “silent study” time is not often […]

  • St. Patrick’s Day Escape Room for Upper Elementary Classrooms

    Grab my FREE guide! Stop neglecting social studies with these easy to use strategies! Teach social studies, even when you don’t have time! Download Kick off March with a St. Patrick’s Day Escape Room! What upper elementary classroom doesn’t love an escape room? Sometimes putting together an escape room can be a big time consumer. […]

  • Prep your Sub Tub Now!

    Grab my FREE guide! Learn tips and strategies for teaching Social Studies when you don’t have the time. DOWNLOAD Don’t have your Sub Tub or Sub Binder ready, yet? Girl! You’ve got to get that going! No judgement, I promise, I’ll help! Now, all of us teachers know that being “out” is often more work than […]

  • Back to School Tips for Teachers – other than lesson plans

    Get my FREE Guide Learn tips and strategies for teaching Social Studies when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD Hi friend! Before the teacher-tired of the first week of school hits you, let me help you get some things out of the way! I’m listing ten things you can take care of right away to make sure […]

  • Get Started with Boom Cards

    Grab my FREE guide! Stop neglecting social studies with these easy to use strategies! Teach social studies, even when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD Getting started with a new tool can be a bit intimidating – even with the promise of saving your time and solving all your problems! It can be hard to find […]

  • Print or Digital? Now you don’t have to choose!

    Grab my FREE guide! Stop neglecting social studies with these easy to use strategies! Teach social studies, even when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD I have the most exciting news ever! All of the PDFs in my TeachersPayTeachers store can be converted to interactive pdfs and assigned directly to Google Classroom with the click of […]

  • Creating a Jeopardy Game in Google Slides™️

    Grab my FREE guide! Stop neglecting social studies with these easy to use strategies! Teach social studies, even when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD As you know, jeopardy-style games can be a really fun way to review content with your students. They are a great test prep activity! You might be really excited about the […]

  • Coaching Tech PD: Using Digital Templates and Printable Guides

    Grab my FREE guide! Stop neglecting social studies with these easy to use strategies! Teach social studies, even when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD The “Why” Behind Using Templates As you know, digital activities and virtual learning are becoming more and more mainstream. Maybe you’re loving the idea of coaching your teachers on digital activities […]

  • Distance Learning: Creating Geography Activities in Google Slides™️

    Grab my FREE guide! Stop neglecting social studies with these easy to use strategies! Teach social studies, even when you don’t have time! DOWNLOAD As you know, we’re teaching in different times. Maybe you’re killing it with this whole distance learning thing, or maybe you’re not – either way, today I’m going to share some […]