Books Classroom Management Critical Thinking 
Thrive in Grade Five
MARCH 9, 2025
Ummm, no, that’s just asking for classroom management nightmares. If students leaving to go to the library or logging into computers drives you nuts, just have books or printouts already available for them. What should you do with them? Let them hang out and talk?
ED Surge
JANUARY 21, 2025
She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. I was more of a periodical girl, with the magazines and the newspapers and an occasional novel or self-help book. I had earned my masters in the art of teaching elementary education.
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Let's Cultivate Greatness
JULY 5, 2023
Students have the thinking; they just need a word bank! Critical Thinking Skills – Use your wall to support additional skills you develop over the year. These Critical Thinking Skills Poster kit work for any social studies classroom. without wasting a single second of class time.
Letters and Ink Blog
JULY 25, 2022
STEM Competitions Get students energized and ignite their competitive side with a variety of critical thinking competitions! Build a tower that can support an object ( like a book) out of toothpicks and marshmallows Cereal box scramble – cut up the front side of several cereal boxes into puzzle pieces, one for each team.
A Principal's Reflections
MARCH 30, 2025
A daily habit of reflection enhances critical thinking, strengthens emotional intelligence, and aligns actions with long-term goals. According to Marzano and Marzano (2003), clear structures and routines improve classroom management and create an environment conducive to academic success. The key to classroom management.
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