Free Teacher Resource Pages

What’s Here

There are dozens of free classroom management resource pages on this site!  A full list of pages can be found in the FREE RESOURCES tab in the navigation menu at the top of the page.

What’s New

About every two weeks, I post a message on The Cornerstone yGroup message forums to let members know what I’ve added to the site. You can join the group and select whether you’d like to receive these updates via email or view them on the message boards. If you’d like to have new blog posts sent to your email or feed reader, use the subscription tools on the far right column of this page.

May
5.15   Teaching like it’s 1999 (blog post)
5.10  Child-like wonder (blog post)
5.9   Classroom photos before 2003 (new page, as strange as that sounds)
5.7   Top 10 free educational game websites for kids (blog post)
5.6    Choosing contentment (new post on the devotions site)
5.1    May’s best teacher freebies (blog post)

April
4.30    Coming to the end (new post on the devotions site)
4.27    Finding a Teaching Job (new page)
4.26    A trip to VocabularySpelling City (blog post)
4.21     Monetizing your teacher blog (new page)
4.20     Job Interview Tips for Teachers (updated page)
4.19     Should schools buy technology teachers don’t want? (blog post)
4.16     My procrastination solution (blog post)
4.12     Show us your classroom photos! (blog post)
4.12    Revamped the Other Teachers’ Rooms section; added kindergarten video classroom tour
4.9      One word that guarantees student engagement (blog post about an upcoming free webinar)
4.6       Total Participation Techniques (give-away) (blog post)
4.3      Should teachers sell the materials they create? (blog post)
4.1      April’s Best Teacher Freebies (blog post)

March
3.29     Compelled by the love of Christ (new post on the devotions site)
3.29    Big take-aways from the ASCD conference (blog post)
3.26    Reflections on the ASCD 2012 conference part 2 (blog post)
3.24    ASCD 2012 conference reflections day 1 (blog post)
3.20    The best education apps, right to your inbox! (blog post)
3.15   Bringing Up Bébé book review: Parenting (and Schooling) Wisdom from the French (blog post)
3.12   200,000 schools in 10 years. How? (blog post)
3.8    According to Angela: Teachers’ questions answered (blog post)
3.5     The Teachers Lounge (blog post)
3.1    March’s best teacher freebies (blog post)

February 
2.29  Reflections on Leap Day (new post on the devotions site)
2.27  Stop Stealing Dreams: A free eBook from Seth Godin (blog post)
2.24  Pinterest 101 for teachers (blog post)
2.21   How to construct a self-running classroom (blog post)
2.16   Tattling tips and solutions (blog post)
2.15   Loving the way God loves (new post on the devotions site)
2.12   Give-away: The Purposeful Classroom (blog post)
2.7     Substitute Teaching
2.6    Technology FAIL: Embracing tech when it doesn’t work (blog post)
2.1     February’s Best Teacher Freebies (blog post)

January
1.29   Books on Positive Thinking for Teachers
1.28   5 tips to increase your joy in the classroom (new devotion)
1.22   Protecting yourself (and the kids) from bureaucracy (blog post)
1.19   Classroom Photos After 2009 (see what my former classroom looks like now!)
1.18   Win a free year’s subscription to BrainPOP! (blog post)
1.15   After requests from Pinterest users who want to win images from my Classroom Tours, I’ve now created a page for each year–no more PDFs! Classroom Photos 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
1.13   Blogging Tips for Teachers updated
1.12   Split the National Board Certification page into a separate section, with the following new pages in it: 5 Best NBPTS Resources, NBPTS Entry 4 Tips, NBPTS Time Management, and NBPTS Writing Tips
1.9    Changing routines and procedures mid-year (blog post)
1.9    New page called Blogging Tips for Teachers
1.8   New section called Edupreneurs
1.7    New page called Teaching Blog Traffic School 
1.4   Why I don’t believe school is a child’s most important job (blog post)

December
12.31   2011 year in review (blog post)
12.26  7 days of give-aways! (blog post)
12.19   True life: I work in a Jewish girls’ school (blog post)
12.12   457,499 kids confirm your suspicions. (blog post)
12.8    New The Cornerstone Devotions for Teachers community started on Facebook! Come join us in encouraging each other!
12.5    Artificial benchmarks and forcing kids to “catch up” (blog post)

November
11.25   Straight and quiet lines (blog post)
11.24   New section called Instructional Coaching
11.22   A counter-intuitive way to re-energize ourselves (blog post)
11.19   Main Homework page and Fun Folder Homework page created
11.17   Laura Candler’s Power Reading Workshop (Give-Away!) (blog post)
11.17   God’s reward system (new post on the devotions site)
11.15   Why aren’t most educators motivated to learn? (blog post)
11.6    Redefining the role of teacher for ourselves (blog post)

October
10.31   When does “boring” mean “unnecessary”? (blog post)
10.27  Solutions when recess and play aren’t allowed (blog post)
10.21  Getting a new student mid-year (blog post)
10.15   Discounts and combined shipping options added for Awakened and The Cornerstone.
10.13   Writing Sentences for Punishment
10.12   Teaching Procedures: Writing Names on Papers
10.10  Conveying bad news in a parent conference (blog post)
10.7    Math Vocab and Word Walls
10.6    Is Rigor a 4 Letter Word? (blog post)
10.6    Student-Led Conferences
10.5    A Lapse in Judgment (new post on the devotions site)
10.3    What’s an ed camp and what’s in it for you? (blog post)

Looking for Free Printables from The Cornerstone Book?

All the forms referenced in the book are available for download here on the site! Instead of making photocopies of my versions shown in the book, you can simply download the forms you like in Microsoft Word and quickly make modifications to fit your own preferences. You can find the printables throughout the site on corresponding pages (for example, back-to-school printables can be found on the Beginning the Year page). I’ve also compiled them all on one page which organizes the resources on this website by chapter so it’s easy to find the online resources that support what you’ve just read in the book.

To access the printables page, login here. Your password is the last word in the book (on the Afterword page). I’ll be adding more password-protected resources over the next few weeks. Enjoy!