Teaching high school

Happy August! We got home from our six day road trip last night, and now it’s time for me to buckle down and start thinking about BACK TO SCHOOL. Our first teacher work day is August 17th, so I’m less than two weeks away now… In honor of that, I thought I’d bring back “Teaching Tuesday”...Read More »

New to teaching high school? These 5 tips from History Gal will make your life easier!

If you're looking for high school rewards ideas, look no further! This article will give you some great ideas for rewarding your high school students. There's something here for every student. So get ready to start doling out some well-deserved rewards! Print them out now!

Why do I love them so much? Because they love systems and I LOVE SYSTEMS. Even more than in my house, I LOVE having classroom systems. I think oftentimes we

Even if you're not a naturally organized person, you can overcome! These organizing tips from a vet are brilliant and time-saving!

If you teach high school science, fear not! I am here for you! I am going to share the four things I think EVERY teacher should do on the 1st day of school in high school science – regardless of what subject you teach. I will also give specific examples of how I do each of these four things in my biology, physical science, and anatomy classes. #Science #HighSchoolScience #Teaching #TeacherLife #TeachingHighSchoolScience

Build a strong teaching foundation with these 12 science-backed middle and high school instructional strategies. From lesson hooks to teacher directions to higher level thinking, this list has you covered with use-tomorrow ideas.

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Sometimes the first day of class can be really intimidating. After all, you only get one chance to make a first impression. You want it to be a good one; but you want it to be the right one. Here are some easy tips to help you have a successful first day of class in your middle or high school classroom. #backtoschool #teach #iTeachtoo #highschool #B2S #b2s2019

Sure, all teachers learn and improve their practice each school year. That's especially true when a veteran teacher changes courses, grade levels, or school buildings. But that first year or two brings special challenges. I *thought* was prepared. I had all kinds of tangible and theoretical tools from my grad program; I'd had a good student teaching experience. But there are a few things that no mentor teacher, master's degree, or orientation told me. Let me save you the trouble of finding…

One of the best parts of teaching high school students is how funny, clever, and witty they can be sometimes! While browsing Pinterest, I came across a review strategy that piqued my interest and I decided to try it out this week with one of my Honors US History classes. Rather than asking the students […]

The perfect place for students to learn how and to practice critical reading, writing, arguing, and even listening is the high school English classroom. Here are 10 different high school English lessons and skills that teachers should teach in 2023! Includes: rhetorical appeals, logical fallacies, systhesis writing, email etiquette, paraphrasing, quoting, summarizing, text annotation. peer editing & more! See www.thedaringenglishteacher.com for more engaging Secondary ELA resources and tips!

27 of the best tips for high school teachers that you need to see AND implement.

Looking for effective classroom management policies and procedures for secondary classrooms? Here are 5 key starting points!

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Looking for games to play with a classroom? This list of English games in the classroom is exactly what you need to engage students!

There are so many positive classroom ideas for high school that high school teachers should steal from the elementary world...

Using Micro Teaching--stories students can read in under 10 minutes--is a great way to introduce skills, techniques and so much more in high school English classes. For AP® Literature and all ELA classes 9-12.