• Home
  • Blog
  • Coaching
  • About
  • Login

BeingTeacher logo

AboutHomeCoaching

My Best Tool is Free!

What every teacher tells me makes the MOST difference is free when you subscribe!

You are here: Home / Archives for Lesson Ideas

How to Teach Guided Reading that Works

September 11, 2018 by Brooke Hamby

Do you ever find yourself feeling uninspired or at a loss, and yet your students are right there in front of you at your small group table? I’ve been there. But I want you to know that small group (or guided) reading is a tool through which we can reach all of our students, wherever…

Continue reading: How to Teach Guided Reading that Works

Let’s Make Teaching Fun Again

November 5, 2017 by Brooke Hamby

It’s the morning after Halloween. My zombie students grunt as I greet them, “Good Morning”. I spent the previous evening trick-or-treating with my son, so I’m a little tired too. I’m sure you have felt the same after a long night. And this isn’t my first post-Halloween classroom. So, the week before, during my planning,…

Continue reading: Let’s Make Teaching Fun Again

How I Turned A Halloween Teacher Horror Story Into the Classroom of My Dreams

September 24, 2017 by Brooke Hamby

I’ve had two reoccurring dreams in my teaching career: one is a nightmare; the other, an inspiration. Last night I had the nightmare. I’m in my classroom, unprepared for the lesson, when someone of importance comes to observe me. Chaos rules in this dream as students talk over me, throw things at each other, and…

Continue reading: How I Turned A Halloween Teacher Horror Story Into the Classroom of My Dreams

How a Growth Mindset Fosters Differentiation

August 12, 2017 by Brooke Hamby

Years ago I struggled with differentiating for my 25 children. I taught 4th grade but purchased classroom materials for 3rd, 5th, and sometimes 2nd grade. As we all know, children come to us with varying abilities and in a multitude of developmental stages. Just because we teach 5th or 4th or 3rd grade doesn’t mean…

Continue reading: How a Growth Mindset Fosters Differentiation

Growth Mindset in The Primary Classroom

July 21, 2017 by Brooke Hamby

A few years ago a kindergarten teacher enlisted me to help her integrate a growth mindset focus in her classroom. Macy taught at a magnet school with an honors class of children who began reading when they were 3 or 4. Many of her students had one challenge in common. They were children of doctors…

Continue reading: Growth Mindset in The Primary Classroom

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Welcome

Welcome! Being Teacher is your home for inspiration, ideas, and community.

Learn More

Categories

  • Freebie Included (14)
  • General (8)
  • Growth Mindset (23)
  • Inspiration for Teachers (81)
  • Lesson Ideas (26)
  • Motivating Students (28)
  • Realistic Tools for Happiness (38)
  • Realistic Tools for Saving Time (16)
  • Teaching Strategies (30)
  • To the Teacher… (14)

Most Recent Posts

  • When You Feel Inadequate in the Classroom
  • When You Hate Teaching Writing
  • The Number One Secret to Success
  • 10 Ways to Bring Play Into Your Day
  • Is it Possible to Differentiate for all Your Levels?

Copyright © 2019 · Being Teacher