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As a teacher, time is something you seem to have precious little of throughout the year. Consequently, you might not have the hours in the day to find a nutritious meal for yourself—let alone the time to actually prepare it. Thankfully, the mighty Vitamix blender can step in to help you mix and match easy ingredients! Teacher save 10% on Vitamix blenders Blenders can be the household hero no matter the time of year. Whether you need a breakfast smoothie on the go or a savory soup that’s pureed enough to hide the vegetables from your kids’ palates, Vitamix is…

Poetry is all about feelings. Combine feelings with humor as students learn to write poetry with theses printable emoji poem templates. The process of choosing a few feelings to work with and letting the words flow will inspire even the most reluctant poets. We Are Teachers FREE PRINTABLE Emoji Poem Templates Make poetry writing fun with emojis that cover a range of emotions. Just fill out the form on this page to get yours. Inside the Free Emoji Poem Bundle  We Are Teachers Emoji Brainstorming Sheet Students choose up to four emojis to write about. They paste their emojis at the…

When elementary teacher Allison Fisher was invited to review The Henry Ford inHub Model i program, she wasn’t sure what to expect. But she was pleasantly surprised to find so much to help get her students thinking more like innovators. Available for free—just set up an account!—this program helps kids understand the habits of innovation and how to become an innovator themselves. Fisher is a teacher in Atlanta, Georgia, who has been teaching elementary school for 10 years. She is currently a Special Education teacher working with students in the 4th and 5th grades. Her students often do STEM activities that require…

Whether it’s Mother Goose or Shel Silverstein, the first poems kids listen to or read have rhymes. So it makes sense that when kids start writing poems, they start with rhymes. Whether your students are just starting with poetry or they’re well versed in drafting rhymes, this rhyming poem worksheet bundle will challenge their prose skills.  We Are Teachers FREE PRINTABLES Rhyming Poem Worksheets Once students are off and rhyming, help them create their own poems with this worksheet bundle! Just fill out the form on this page to get yours. Inside the Free Rhyming Poem Worksheet Bundle  Adrienne Hathaway…

contributed by Mike Brown, education researcher at preppool. Every educator has seen it. A thoughtful, engaged student studies diligently, participates in class discussions, completes assignments on time—and then underperforms on the first major assessment. The disappointment is visible. Sometimes the teacher feels it just as strongly as the student. The instinctive explanations are familiar: anxiety, distraction, poor time management, lack of effort. But if this pattern repeats across classrooms and grade levels, it may point to something more structural. What if first-time underperformance is less about student shortcomings and more about how we design learning? If we look closely, many…

Poets from Shel Silverstein (“Colors”) to Robert Frost (“In White”) have been inspired by colors to write their poetry. As your students learn to write, start with something they know—colors—to inspire their first poems using our free printable color poem worksheets.  We Are Teachers FREE PRINTABLES Color Poem Worksheets Get these free worksheets to inspire students to write color poems! Just fill out the form on this page to get yours. Inside the Free Color Poem Worksheets Adrienne Hathaway for We Are Teachers Students choose one color or multiple colors to reflect on and write about. The color poem printable…

Spring is here, and a fresh new crop of books is in bloom! We’ve scoured the upcoming book lists and identified all the most intriguing new reads headed to shelves this April. Here are the April 2026 new books we’re most excited to check out based on their promising reviews. Jump to: FREE PRINTABLE April Reading Log Grab your free printable log to help students keep track of all their April pages and books read all month long! Just fill out the form on this page to get yours. We Are Teachers New Fiction Picture Books April 2026 Amazon Robin…

You know that feeling when your essay is basically done. And then you check the word count and realize you’re still 300 words short. It’s frustrating because you did answer the question. You made your point. You have an introduction, a few body paragraphs, and a conclusion, but it is still incomplete. The problem usually isn’t that you need more words. You just need more depth and development of your arguments. A strong essay reaches the required length because it explains ideas fully, supports claims with evidence, and shows critical thinking. A weak essay tries to hit the word count…

In today’s fast-moving academic environment, knowing how to find reliable information is just as important as understanding the material itself. With endless search results, AI tools, online databases, and social media feeds competing for attention, college learners in the USA must develop smart, efficient research habits. Strong information-seeking strategies not only improve grades but also build lifelong critical thinking skills that employers value. This guide explores proven techniques that truly work in modern higher education, helping you save time, avoid misinformation, and produce higher-quality academic work. Why Information Literacy Matters in College Information literacy is the ability to locate, evaluate,…

contributed by Dr. Athena Stanley Artificial intelligence is increasingly present in education conversations. Some teachers are experimenting with it. Others are cautious. Many are simply unsure where it belongs or whether it belongs at all. A recent Gallup poll found that three in ten teachers use AI weekly, with findings indicating improvements in the quality of certain tasks. The study also estimated that AI-supported work could amount to the equivalent of approximately six weeks of time saved over the course of a year. Meanwhile, a RAND study found that more than half of students and teachers report already using AI…