Are you thinking about homeschooling your child, but unsure how much it costs or where to get the best deal? Well, you’re in the right place, because I have some great options that you can employ for free! For grades 1-5, save time as well as money by using the free-to-download PDFs of the excellent…

Letters of recommendation are likely not something a middle school teacher deals with that much. That’s more in the realm for high school teachers, coaches, mentors, employers, and so forth. Middle school teachers can be a great choice for a letter of recommendation if it has not been too long since you were in middle…

Teachers spend a lot of time with kids and as a result have to be careful about how they behave and react in front of them, especially when angry or frustrated. It’s also important to keep in mind that some students are more sensitive or easily offended compared to the teacher or other students and…

A seven-year-old can be in 1st grade, depending on when his or her birthday is. Normally, a first grader does not start the school year as a seven-year-old. A seven-year-old can be in first grade. The normal starting age for first grade is six years old, and sometime during the school year or before the…

When attending school, there’s a lot of classes that you’re required to take if you want to graduate. However, every once in a while, there’s a blessed time when you get to choose what class you’re going to take. We refer fondly to these blessed classes as electives. A class counts as an elective if…

Everyone has heard about students being held back a year in school, but many people have never met someone that has happened to. Some don’t know if that is something that schools do anymore. Middle school students can be held back a grade. Students may be held back because they are young or socially immature…

High school and college classes are known to be very different, and college classes are often harder than most high school classes. However, many high school students take AP high school classes, which are harder than other high school classes. Is college harder than AP high school classes? Most students find that AP high school…

Report cards have a lot of information on them. A “P” certainly doesn’t look like the traditional letter grades, and it may be hard to know what it means when it shows up on your report card. “P” on a report card can stand for proficient, partial completion, or passing. The specific answer depends on…

For a student that hasn’t been to college yet, who’s either used to the regimented schedule of high school or homeschooling, they may not be familiar with how college scheduling works, or even know what to expect when it comes to making a class schedule for college. They may not even know the range of…

Are you wondering when you should start teaching your students the states and capitals? If so, you’ve come to the right place, because I have both the when and the how! The 4th grade, or when the student is 9 or 10 years old, is when they learn the states and capitals in school; however,…