How often do your students play games in the classroom? Do you bring them out only on special occasions? Maybe use them for Fun Friday? Do you avoid using games
Reader’s workshop has been around for a long time. In many districts, guided reading groups are a required part of the literacy block. And for good reason. Small group lessons
If you’ve ever seen an owl pellet, you’re probably thinking “ewww” rather than “aww”. But if I weren’t up for a little grossness in the name of science, what kind
This has been a busy month for math in my classroom! In this blog post, I want to share a favorite learning tool that can be used for any subject,
Writing is definitely not my favorite subject. And unfortunately, writing explanatory pieces is a major language arts standard in third and fourth grade (and other grade levels). By the last
New teachers and experienced teachers alike sometimes struggle with how to get students to follow directions. It happens to the best of us! Sometimes they aren’t paying attention. But more
Back in college I took a course called Teaching Math In Elementary School. One of our assignments was to create an anchor chart of different strategies for teaching word problems.
What’s your go-to strategy for teaching word problems? I always encourage my students to use models. Modeling helps students make sense of a problem and catch mistakes before they happen.
It’s no secret that I became a teacher because of my school supply fetish. Every year I spend hours organizing my supply closet, putting everything in pretty little baskets with
