Whether your school carnival happens as a fall festival or an end-of-year party, the right decor can help make the carnival an official big-top event. Our bundle of…
Read more Free Printable Carnival Station Signs for Your Next EventWhether an elected student council in high school or a teacher-nominated student council in elementary school, student council members are the ambassadors of school spirit. School spirit is…
Read more 101 Student Council Ideas To Build School SpiritLooking for great ways to help students learn to work together, listen carefully, communicate clearly, and think creatively? Try some of these awesome team-building activities for kids. They’re…
Read more 25 Awesome Team-Building Games and Activities for KidsSocial-emotional skills like identifying and regulating feelings, kindness, sharing, and empathy are all skills that kids learn in early childhood, and they have a huge impact on later…
Read more 55 Fun SEL Activities for Preschool and KindergartenWe tell students that learning is its own reward, and that’s certainly true. But it’s also nice to win money and other prizes! Knowing they could gain recognition…
Read more Best 2024-2025 Competitions for Students in Grades K-12Dear We Are Teachers, One of my 8th grade students is intent on making every class a nightmare for me. He responds “Why?” to every single thing I…
Read more Help! I Have a Student Who Challenges Literally Everything I SayIf there’s one thing kids love, it’s games! If you’re looking for brain breaks, icebreakers, team-building activities, field day games, or just ways to fill the last few…
Read more 58 Fun and Easy Minute To Win It Games for Kids of All AgesOver the course of their careers, teachers develop their own lexicon for addressing classroom happenings. How many of these do you remember from your own time in the…
Read more Teachers Share Their Favorite Phrases To Use When Students Are Being a HandfulWith each election cycle, the spotlight on engaging young voters intensifies, underscoring the important role of younger generations in shaping our country’s future. Youth who learn about voting…
Read more How States Are Engaging Young Voters and Where It’s RequiredLooking for ways to help kids embrace their mistakes and keep working toward success? Growth mindset activities could be the answer. This concept may not be a miracle…
Read more 25 Growth Mindset Activities To Inspire Confidence in KidsSelf-regulation is a struggle for everyone lately. All the distractions we face each day make finding time to reflect or focus feel almost impossible. And our students are…
Read more This Free Program Will Teach Your Students Self-Regulation SkillsThe Week Junior is excited to offer a special giveaway that will bring history to life in your classroom! We are giving away a free timeline poster highlighting…
Read more 21st Century Timeline Poster and Worksheets for Your ClassroomGoal setting is a part of teaching. Each year, you have goals for your students. And as students learn how to work in your class, they’ll learn how…
Read more How To Do Goal Setting With Your Students This School YearGetting to know our students is one of the most important aspects of creating a great classroom culture. One of the easiest ways to do this is to…
Read more 50 Attendance Questions for High School and Middle SchoolDear We Are Teachers, I’ve taught AP Lit for 12 years and I’m used to the senioritis that sets in this time of year. But this year, it’s…
Read more Help! My Seniors Won’t Do Anything. ANYTHING.11 mil likes. 28K followers. 2.7 million views. These aren’t stats from an NFL player or major recording artist. They belong to P.E. teacher Sam Balto in Portland,…
Read more We Are Officially Obsessed With This P.E. Teacher’s Bike “Bus”Dear We Are Teachers, It’s my 10th year teaching 9th grade World Geography. After the pandemic, like a lot of schools, we’ve seen a huge rise in absenteeism.…
Read more Help! I’m Sick of Parents Letting Their Kids Skip SchoolArt has been created and enjoyed since the beginning of humankind. Art takes many forms including painting, drawing, writing, acting, music, and more. It serves as therapy, expression,…
Read more 117 Moving Quotes About ArtDear We Are Teachers, For my first two years of teaching 7th grade math, the big feedback was to improve my classroom management. Now that I’m in my…
Read more Help! I Got Marked Down for Not Being “Entertaining” EnoughDear We Are Teachers, Last week, I “liked” a tweet from our school district announcing that school was cancelled. I was at my own home. I was not…
Read more Help! I Got in Trouble for “Liking” a Snow Day Post
