As summer break quickly {but not quickly enough} approaches, I've wanted to find engaging and creative ways to enrich and review our reading and writing standards. I also wanted to squeeze in a few fun, but easy, art projects, because we've worked hard all year and deserve a
Differentiated Research Project
Research projects have a bad wrap these days. I certainly remember completing my fair share of boring research projects, but it doesn't have to be that way...not even close! In fact, my students have been begging me to assign a state or country research project. That may sound a
Simplifying the Scientific Process
As a student I dreaded learning about the scientific method. I still have memories of sitting at my kitchen table in tears, because I could not wrap my head around independent and dependent variables. As a teacher, I don't want my students to repeat that experience. The
Teaching After Testing
By the time we finish testing, I've taught all, or most, of the standards, so I have a little more flexibility than normal. I certainly don't want student learning to stop, but it keeping our momentum can be a challenge.
As the school year winds down, it's beneficial to both
Life After Testing
It seems like during the weeks leading up to testing all I can think about is preparing for our state test. Then after testing, my lesson plans are wide open. For the most part, I've taught all of my essential standards, but I certainly don't want the learning to stop after
Types of Word Problems
Types of word problems are always a challenge for students. There are so many processes involved in solving word problems that it can be challenging to pinpoint concerns. Is it reading comprehension? Is it computation? Are students overly relying on key words? And the list goes
Writing About Math
Writing about math is an important part of math instruction. When I was in elementary school reading was reading, writing was writing, and math was math. Each subject area was defined and limited to one thing. Now it seems like one subject blurs into another. We have students
Elementary Testing Prep Resources
High-stake testing evokes a passionate response in almost all teachers. While I have strong feelings about testing, I recognize that standardized tests are going to be part of my life for the immediate future. Regardless of my thoughts, my students will have to take a high-stakes
100th Day Activities & Ideas
Having only taught upper elementary, I'd never worried about 100th day activities. It all just seemed a little too young to me. I start feeling the pressure of our state testing after Christmas, so I don't like giving up class time for anything other that what's essential to
Language Arts Assessments
After I made my Common Core Math Assessments, I had many requests for a similar language arts assessment version. After months of work, I'm thrilled to announce that I finally finished them and let me just way "Whew!" That was a big project-much, MUCH bigger than I expected!
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