Hannah Hudson

If classroom management is top of mind for you as we begin another school year, you’re not alone. So many educators in our WeAreTeachers community tell us they struggle with classroom management and are looking for support. These 12 classroom procedures, recommended in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook, are a great place to start.
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1. Use hand signals.
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We love using inspirational quotes to motivate and inspire students. Sometimes the right words in the right moment can make all the difference. Here are some of our all-time favorite classroom quotes, as spotted on Instagram.
If you’d like even more classroom quotes, we publish new ones weekly on our kid-friendly site: the Daily Classroom Hub. Make sure to bookmark the link!
1. Be the leader in a school of fish.
2. Be a pineapple. Stand tall, wear a crown, and be sweet on the inside.
3. We ha...

As a classroom teacher, is there anything better than when students hold a finished project in their hands, filled with pride? We can’t think of anything better, either! That’s why we can’t stop looking at the entries to the #NationalBookChallenge, a national writing contest sponsored by Studentreasures Publishing.
Just look at those faces!
To participate in the challenge, simply order a free publishing kit, which has everything you need to publish a classbook. Then, invite your students’ ima...

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Pool noodles are available everywhere during the summer, and they’re inexpensive, too. So it’s a great time to stock up for fun, hands-on classroom activities, like Pool Noodle Phonics. What You Need To make this hands-on activity, which can be …...

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WeAreTeachers readers care A LOT about their pens. Here are some of their favorites....

Move over, Facebook! If you teach middle or high schoolers, you know that Instagram is one of the most popular social media channels for teens and tweens today. And while it may not seem like it at first, there are …...

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Presenting the WeAreTeachers summer bucket list: We all know the temptation to start planning for next year, but take a break from everything “teaching” for one week. Or two. Maybe an entire month. You’ll be better when you come back …...

Recently, WeAreTeachers discovered this helpful guide in a pile of old, forgotten papers. In the grand tradition of phrenology, it’s a helpful peek inside the average teacher’s brain. What do you think? Does it ring true or did the scientists …...

At WeAreTeachers, we believe that all teachers deserve good working conditions, freedom in their teaching and support from their administrators. In fact, here are the teacher rights we think should be a given in schools across the country. What do …...

There’s no doubt about it, social media makes it easier to connect with other teachers—and for your students to connect with friends. But when it comes to the coolest social media tool in school, teachers and kids often have a …...

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