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Why students think they dislike reading

Why So Many Students Think They Dislike Reading

ByTerry HeickOct 6, 2025

Reading is personal but we often focus on the mechanics instead of the people and the strategies instead of the living and breathing happening around us.

Shifting The Focus From Perceived Quality To Effect

8 Strategies Your Teaching More Enjoyable This Year

ByTerry HeickOct 6, 2025

Social-Emotional Teaching is every bit as important as Social-Emotional Learning. Teaching matters and teachers matter

Teaching Critical Thinking Starts With The Student

Teaching Critical Thinking Starts With The Student

ByTerry HeickOct 3, 2025

Out of all of the ideas and circumstances and knowledge and information that you encounter on a daily basis, what’s worth understanding?

Latest Recent Google Drive Tips

How To Indent In Microsoft Word and Google Docs

TeachThought StaffSep 17, 20252 min read

1. Place the cursor at the start of the line. 2. Press Tab once to indent about 0.5″. 3. Press Backspace at the start to remove the indent.

Formative assessment guide for teachers

A Quick Formative Assessment Guide

Terry HeickSep 16, 20256 min read

A guide for Formative Assessment: A clear definition, classroom strategies, benefits for using it in the classroom.

Student autonomy strategies

The Importance Of Student Autonomy

TeachThought StaffSep 16, 20254 min read

Autonomy is not absence of structure but the opportunity to release more responsibility students.

'The Objective' As Read By Wendell Berry

‘The Objective’ As Read By Wendell Berry

Terry HeickSep 15, 20254 min read

“I prayed what I saw was only fear & no foretelling, for I saw the last known landscape destroyed for the sake of objective…”

Alan watts forgive yourself quote

Alan Watts: Forgive Yourself

Terry HeickSep 15, 20255 min read

“Compassion for yourself is letting the stones fall and seeing that you are no longer the one who stumbled — you are the one who learned.”

Teacher productivty tools

30 Teacher Productivity Tools To Streamline Planning And Teaching

TeachThought StaffSep 13, 202512 min read

A list of 30 teacher productivity tools that streamline planning, collaboration, grading, and automation. Includes Trello, Notion, Google Docs.

Two minds by wendell berry

An Excerpt Of ‘Two Minds’ By Wendell Berry

Terry HeickSep 12, 20253 min read

“Obviously we need to use our intelligence. But how much intelligence have we got?”

The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock text

The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock Text

TeachThought StaffSep 12, 20256 min read

“In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo.”

create a curriculum that questions the purpose of knowledge

Create A Curriculum That Questions The Purpose Of Knowledge

Terry HeickSep 12, 20255 min read

The purpose of curriculum is to provide a mutual language to organize and communicate knowledge–and students inherit its implications.

36 Ways To Use Wearable Technology In The Classroom

36 Ways To Use Wearable Technology In The Classroom

TeachThought StaffSep 12, 20254 min read

We’re not quite at the stage of being cyborgs, but wearable technology is growing, and the number and type of devices is also increasing.