I Want to Teach Forever

My first book Ten Cheap Lessons celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and the follow-up Teaching is Not a Four Letter Word just celebrated its 8th.
I have been humbled and amazed that even years after I stopped actively updating this blog, people have still been downloading or buying physical copies of both....

I always felt like October was the hardest part of the school year. The honeymoon period at the beginning of the school year always seemed to peter out around this time, as students would begin to push boundaries like never before.
If your school is on a six week grading period like the ones in my region, the first report cards are just being sent out, and how your kids react to them affects their behavior. If they passed without much effort and are content with it, they might...

It's very humbling to know that even though it's been three years since I shared something new on this blog that many, many educators are still discovering and rediscovering these resources.
I get daily reminders of this in my inbox, in the form of requests for access to various Google Docs I have shared. I respond to each request, but sometimes the requests come from servers that don't allow incoming messages (some school districts still...

A couple of years ago I shared Three Fun Probability Games & Projects.  One of my favorites was a Design Your Own Carnival Game activity I had found online.  The link had been dead for quite a while, which many readers had alerted me to.
Good news: I've finally found a copy of the activity in my records.  To those who wanted it, here's a Word version and a PDF version....