by Annalise | Feb 10, 2024 | Building Relationships & Behaviour Management, Lesson Planning & Classroom Routines
5 Brain-aligned strategies for your middle school classroom! Are you teaching Grade 7’s and finding yourself constantly telling them to stop talking, sit down or something similar? I’m here to help! A long time ago in Queensland, Australia our 12-year-olds were in...
by Annalise | Jan 12, 2024 | Teaching Maths Concepts
Is finding the square root the same as squaring a number? This is a question that I get ALL the time from my students! So firstly, let’s clarify this: No, they are not the same in fact they are the opposite of each other! What is the difference between a square...
by Annalise | Dec 11, 2023 | Teaching Maths Concepts
Ever found yourself staring at the curriculum, wondering if the commutative, associative, and distributive laws are some kind of mysterious mathematical code? Trust me, you’re not alone. I vividly remember my early teaching days, grappling with these seemingly...
by Annalise | Nov 6, 2023 | Building Relationships & Behaviour Management
Are you familiar with the powerful tool known as Functional Behaviour Assessment, or FBA? This technique is like a detective’s investigation, but instead of solving crimes, it helps unlock the mysteries of why students are behaving in certain ways and correct...
by Annalise | Oct 15, 2023 | Teacher Wellbeing & Professional Growth
Teaching is a job that never ends! We can always find more to do… And it’s in our nature to want to do EVERYTHING possible to help our students. Hands up if you have ever thought, “Have I differentiated enough for…?” ‘I must ring...