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Apr 1, 2012

April’s Best Teacher Freebies

On the first day of every month here on The Cornerstone blog, I’ll feature a handful of the best teacher freebies I’ve found. These are no-cost activities and printables that you can use in your classroom right away. If your resource is featured, feel free to grab the button below...

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Feb 1, 2012

February’s best teacher freebies

Exciting news–I’m now blogging over at Classroom Freebies Too! It’s a continuation of the collaborative Classroom Freebies blog started by Charity Preston. Since it’s inception less than four months ago, Classroom Freebies has hit over 1,000,000 page views! 100 educators from grades PreK-12 post links to free printable activities on a daily basis. I am honored...

By Angela Watson

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Jan 19, 2012

What happened to my classroom once I left teaching? See photos after 2009

After teaching for almost 11 years in the Washington, D.C. area and South Florida, I moved to New York City to be with my new husband. I found work there as an instructional coach and started doing more educational consulting. In the process, I decided to leave the vast majority...

By Angela Watson

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Jan 14, 2012

Check out my classroom photos (2008)

Welcome to my collection of third grade classroom photos! These photos of a classroom in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were taken by me in 2008. I’ve kept the text exactly the same as when I first uploaded them to this website so that it feels like you’ve just walked into my...

By Angela Watson

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Jan 12, 2012

Time management tips for NBPTS candidates

Ideas for managing your time, paper, and sanity while going through the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) candidacy process. See my important notes and disclaimers on the Main NBPTS page. NOTE APRIL 2018: The download links on this page are currently not working. I’ll have them fixed sometime...

By Angela Watson

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Mar 20, 2011

Random awesomeness

There were a record number of comments to the Why Great Teachers Quit book giveaway post. The topic really hit a nerve with readers and the discussion in the comments was both thought-provoking and a bit emotional. Thanks to all of you for sharing your experiences. The giveaway winner was...

By Angela Watson

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Oct 7, 2010

Planning and Assessment

What’s Here If you want to create a more unified, thematic approach to our curriculum that makes learning more meaningful for students, read on for ways to set goals, collect and organize resources, and create long- and short-term lesson plans that not only align with what your school district requires,...

By Angela Watson

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Jul 18, 2010

Integrating Social Studies into Literacy Routines

Social studies is an often-neglected subject in elementary school because it isn’t generally assessed on the state standardized tests that young children take. However, informational text comprehension IS tested… and what better way to teach non-fiction reading strategies than through interesting and relevant resources about the world students live in? ...

By Angela Watson

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May 29, 2010

Ideas for Free Centers

See how you can create learning centers for free using children’s books, magazines, reproducible books, worksheets, or even your whole-class lesson materials! Use classroom books to make free centers in seconds! Your school or class library contain enough books to fill your center area all year long. In many cases,...

By Angela Watson

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Dec 21, 2009

(Review) Classroom Habitudes

“It seems like students get lazier every year. I can’t even get them to complete a ditto for homework.” “These kids just don’t care about learning. They’re not curious, not interested in finding out more.” “My students have nothing interesting to write about, absolutely no imagination.” “This generation gives up...

By Angela Watson

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April’s Best Teacher Freebies

February’s best teacher freebies

What happened to my classroom once I left teaching? See photos after 2009

Check out my classroom photos (2008)

Time management tips for NBPTS candidates

Random awesomeness

Planning and Assessment

Integrating Social Studies into Literacy Routines

Ideas for Free Centers

(Review) Classroom Habitudes

5 ways to make an old lesson feel fresh and interesting again

Teaching through hormonal changes: postpartum, perimenopause, and beyond

A spring cleaning classroom guide: what if you didn’t need all that STUFF to teach well?

5 ways to make an old lesson feel fresh and interesting again

Search results for: lesson resources

April’s Best Teacher Freebies

February’s best teacher freebies

What happened to my classroom once I left teaching? See photos after 2009

Check out my classroom photos (2008)

Time management tips for NBPTS candidates

Random awesomeness

Planning and Assessment

Integrating Social Studies into Literacy Routines

Ideas for Free Centers

(Review) Classroom Habitudes

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