April is Arab Heritage Month. Social-Emotional Learning is a long journey. It’s not a single lesson or a period once-a-week where we try to build self-awareness and social awareness. A lot of social-emotional learning happens through teachable moments and impromptu conversations in the classroom. Conversations around race and power are difficult. I once heard someone…
Hello Ontario Middle School teachers and friends! I’ve got some big news to share, and I’m thrilled to have you be a part of it. We’ve just hit an extraordinary milestone of 100,000 resource downloads worldwide! That’s right, 100,000 downloads around the world! Teachers in Canada, the USA, and 57 other countries are using Educircles…
Hey Middle School and High School teachers, Can your students guess how much Amazon made during the pandemic? How do online sellers cheat the system? Everyone looks for deals during the Black Friday / Holiday season… but how often do we really think when we’re shopping online? High-interest CRITICAL THINKING article about ONLINE SHOPPING and…
This ballerina and beauty pageant contestant gave a speech about Why Women Should NOT Be Engineers. And that makes her an epic role model for STEM. Will your students disagree? Read on! Spoiler Alert: Why shouldn’t women be engineers? Because engineers are never just one thing. She herself is a ballerina and an engineer. Have…
The TpT Marketplace Integrity team has emailed me and clarified that they do not allow content “on the platform” that are services or non-educational goods. This is a great piece of learning for me! When I read through their terms of service, my understanding was the restrictions were about the kinds of products we can…
I love giving away Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards. It’s nice to be able to help another teacher out. Especially, when it’s not expected and I just send it to them. Teachers love receiving free gift cards. It’s nice to be able to buy something from the TpT marketplace without having to spend more of…