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Black Lives Matter: Ways to Educate Yourself and Your Students
I’m not going to lie. I am no expert. There are many people out there who have a world of knowledge on how to support the Black Lives Matter movement.... Read More
Top 10 Things Teachers Need to Know for Distance Learning
This blog post is more than suggestions for how to teach long-distance, which is fast becoming everyone’s forte! It’s about things every teacher needs to know before, during, and after... Read More
Writing Mini-Lesson Videos for Students
Have you ever had the feeling that you just don’t want to teach a writing lesson? Maybe you lack the confidence in teaching writing or you just can’t muster up... Read More
Comparing FREE PDF Editors for Education
With distance learning and 1:1 technology, teachers and homeschool parents are scrambling to find ways to help children learn with the materials they currently own or use. Most of my... Read More
How Students Can Write on a PDF Using DocHub
There are so many amazing educational resources that are in PDF format, not in Google or PowerPoint. Although I offer some resources in all formats, the majority of my resources... Read More
How To Assign Pages from a PDF
Say you have a large PDF and you don’t want to send the whole document to your students. You only want to send a few pages at a time. No... Read More
How To Really Be Successful With Online Teaching
Whether you’re looking to be more tech-savvy in your regular classroom because your students love to explore technology or you’re scrambling to navigate the virtual world because of a sudden... Read More
How to Make the Most Useful Workspace for Homeschool
Whether your children are taking a part-time online class or they are full-time homeschool students, an efficient workspace is needed to get in the right mindset for learning. This post... Read More
How to Support Digital Learning with Quality Resources
With many school districts offering online classes, the Coronavirus and flu forcing students to stay home, and homeschool becoming more and more popular, Rockin’ Resources wants to make sure teachers... Read More
How to Effectively Scaffold Your Instruction
In this blog post, we’ll look at how to effectively scaffold your instruction and help students build increasingly sophisticated skills. We’ll also look at how you can help foster growth... Read More
Never Again…. It’s Time to Scaffold Instruction
Learning is lifelong and students need support as they gather knowledge and skills. This can be done through scaffolding instruction. There were times in my earlier years of teaching that... Read More
What Happens When You Don’t Differentiate
Differentiation may seem like a lot of work, which initially scares some teachers away from implementing it in their classrooms. They may think they don’t have the time or that... Read More
How to Incorporate Chocolate Into Your Classroom
I don’t know about you, but I was always looking for ways to keep my students’ motivated, yet keep up the rigor of our curriculum. There certainly needs to be... Read More
25 Songs That Will Support Your Instruction
Have you ever blurted out song lyrics related to something in your classroom? You are not alone! I thought I would share 25 songs that will support your instruction! Whenever... Read More
What Are Reading Comprehension Passages with Step-by-Step Questions?
What are reading comprehension passages with step-by-step questions? They are high-interest differentiated passages developed with two sets of questions. Both sets of questions are text dependent with one set being... Read More
How to Offer Differentiation in the Classroom
Differentiation is a hot topic in the current teaching environment. Many teachers feel stressed at the mere thought of taking one lesson and creating several different ways to assess and... Read More
Teachers, How to REALLY Balance Work and Life
Work/life balance has become a hot topic for every profession. It seems adults are losing their ability to leave work at the office and relax. The age of endless email,... Read More
How to Rock Your Writing Instruction
Are you looking for ways to ROCK your writing instruction? You’ve found the right person to help! Pam knows what she is talking about when it comes to the writing... Read More
Mystery Book List for Upper Elementary
Are you looking for great literature to introduce your upper elementary students to mysteries? I’ve used many of these books in my classes during our mystery genre study. Although I... Read More
Danger: What Happens When You Don’t Teach Writing
You decide to skip over writing instruction. You squeeze in some writing prompts or writing responses here and there and call it a day. So what happens when you don’t... Read More