Most upper elementary students love writing fictional narratives. They get to let their creative juices flow and have fun with writing. However, this may be the most challenging writing genre for students. Even though fictional narratives are "fun" they require considerable
My Top 3 Place Value Games
Math games are a great way to increase student engagement and to give students an opportunity to apply newly learned math skills. Even though there are many games to choose from, it's often challenging to find exactly what I'm looking for in a game. I try to avoid games that are
Teaching Students How to Answer Questions
I'll be the first to acknowledge that teaching students how to answer questions by restating the question and supporting their answer with text evidence is not always the easiest (or fun) part of the year. However, I also know that it isn't an option. Restating the question and
Tips for a Successful Open House
Open House and/or Parent-Teacher Night can be a stressful event. Teachers are busy setting up their classrooms, preparing lessons, sitting through meeting upon meeting, and dealing with mountains of paperwork, so it’s hard to devote extra time for open house. However, open house
My Top 10 Favorite Back to School Resources
When it comes to shopping for your classroom, never forget you do not need all the things! As a new teacher, I felt an immense amount of pressure to purchase things that I later realized I absolutely did not need. My advice is to focus on the essentials and the resources that
Nonfiction Text Structures With Back to School Activities
Nonfiction text structures can be a challenging concept for students to grasp. Because of this challenge, I used to wait until later in the school year to introduce these text structures. But, I realized that was a disservice to my students. They need time to process and and
5 Ways to Teach Prefixes and Suffixes
Lessons to teach prefixes and suffixes used to be one of those things I saved until the end of the year and would try to squeeze in right before testing.
I don't recommend that strategy. Mainly because it doesn't work, at least not well. I have no doubt that my students left
First Chapter Friday
First Chapter Friday is one of those ideas that checks all the boxes.
Easy to implement
No prep
Students love it
It gets kids reading
First Chapter Friday is an easy way to introduce new books to your students and to encourage independent reading. Truthfully, it
Integrating Content Areas: Social Studies and Science
We all know that time is always a problem for teachers. There are simply not enough hours in the day to teach all that we're expected to teach. It's just not possible. Believe me, I've tried, and have never been successful! Due to testing and district and/or state requirements,
Finding A Math Starting Place: An Answer to “Learning Loss”
After this school year there are more than a few phrases I hope to never hear again. Learning loss is definitely on that list. I'm still not sure how we can lose something if we never had it. Can you really lose learning?
I've been searching for preliminary data from the
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