Independent reading plays an important role in the upper elementary classroom. My entire teaching career, I've known nothing but reading workshop and guided reading. I've never had a reading series to use, so I've spent an absurd amount of time researching and testing various
Archives for December 2017
Easy Christmas Crafts
I desperately want to be a crafty person. I see people with these amazing DIY projects, and I try to replicate those projects, and it never works. Never. That's why I have to stick to easy Christmas crafts!
If it can tangle, break, spill, smear, shatter, crack, wilt, it will
Economics Activities
There are SO MANY fun ways to make economics activities engaging and hands-on for students, and it's a great way to incorporate a little math into instruction. This post shares some of my favorite ways to teach economics to upper elementary students.
I begin my economics unit