Place value 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 place value games to choose from, it's often challenging to find exactly what I'm looking for in a game. I try to
Restate the Question
Teaching students how to restate the question and support 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 providing text evidence is something I have to teach and a
Meet the Teacher Night & Open House
Meet the Teacher Night and/or Open House can be a stressful event. We have our Meet the Teacher Night before the first day of school. Teachers are busy setting up their classrooms, preparing lessons, sitting through meeting upon meeting, and dealing with mountains of paperwork,
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
Teaching 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 Science and Social Studies
Integrating science and social studies with reading is a must. 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. Due to testing and/or district and state
Math Pretests for Upper Elementary
Math pretests can be incredibly helpful for upper elementary teachers. After the 2020 school year there were more than a few phrases I hoped to never hear again. Learning loss was/is definitely on that list. I'm still not sure how we can lose something if we never had it.
When
What 4th Graders Should Know
Do you ever wonder what 4th graders should know or be able to do? Changing grade levels is difficult. I still remember crying my eyes out the first time I had to change grade levels. It was devastating! It’s hard to sort through years worth of blog posts, resources, and articles
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