How do you make sure that every student participates in a class discussion and no one student dominates? There are several different tricks teachers use: keeping track of responses on a clipboard, randomly pulling...
Overcoming students’ prejudices against poetry can be one of the most difficult challenges a literature teacher faces. Fortunately, The Poetry Archive has the tools you need to break the anti-poetry frame of mind. The...
I’m a music fanatic, and I love having a song playing as the students enter the classroom. The right song helps students to come into class feeling good about life and ready to learn....
Teachers talk too much in class. And language arts teachers talk even more than other teachers. I know, because I’m a language arts teacher myself. How do I shut myself up? How do I...
Inspiration / Music / Teaching
85 Positive Songs for Teachers to Use in the Classroom
August 14, 2007
