Simply Novel Blog - Teaching Tips and Ideas for Teachers

Many schools require summer reading for college prep, honors, and Advanced Placement English classes, which can present some challenges but also offers some valuable learning experiences over the summer. Here is how to leverage summer reading that will complement your course, and keep your kids on track for fall.

Summer school programs look different in each school district across the country, but one thing that is almost a constant is that student motivati...

Whether navigating returning to life after COVID-19, a problematic student or parent, the lack of support from administration, or any other personal or professional crisis, situation, or obstacle, are you reactive or responsive? It's a powerful question, and one that -- especially during challenges -- requires us to get present and check in with ourselves.

As many of us enter into the 3rd, 4th, 5th, week—or longer—of in-home confinement, it is natural that nerves are beginning to fray, and relationsh...

We don’t have to like what’s going on.  We don’t have to want it.  Or approve of it.  We get to choose how to be about THIS moment. Simply moment to moment.  We can choose to be stressed, and angry, or frustrated, or we can choose to simply be in surrender and acceptance.  Here are 4 practical tips to help you manage anxiety and worry during the "unknown."