Every year I’m bound and determined to help students experience the magic of the holiday season. At the same time, I want the learning to continue and to minimize behavior issues. In this post, I’ve shared a collection of my favorite Christmas activities that are just right for upper elementary students. Browse these resources: Reading Holidays […]
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There are so many great options for using digital math manipulatives. However, once school started I quickly realized that while I had access to great digital manipulatives, I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to use them. We all know the importance of using math manipulatives in the classroom, but there is a difference (other
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When I first started teaching I needed (wanted) all the math manipulatives. My mission in life was to have as many manipulatives as possible. Because more = better. Right? Not really. I found myself going back to the same math manipulatives over and over again, while the others that I worked so hard to obtain collected
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The first 30 days of school are never easy. In fact some might call those days exhausting and overwhelming. And that’s when we know what to expect and what to plan for. With talks about distance learning, alternative schedules, and hybrid models, this school year may be a whole other ballgame. Yikes! To help you
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During the school year it’s hard to find time to slow down and reflect on instruction and classroom management. Sometimes it feels like self-reflection is just a “bonus” activity or something that can be saved for last-if there’s time. However, self-reflection is a necessary part of the learning process. This is how we learn from
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This isn’t an easy blog post, or at least introduction, for me to write. But, I want to be completely transparent with you. I don’t want to pretend like everything is sunshine and roses in my little piece of the world, because it’s not. If you’ve already got a handle on all things distance learning
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I miss the presence of my students. I miss our physical interactions. I miss the sound of laughter and cheering over silly things. I can’t image how much our students miss their friends, their escape, their normal. Even though we’re not in our classrooms in a traditional sense, it’s more important than ever to nurture
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The past few days have turned our world upside down-professionally and personally. Up until now, I had everything related to Ashleigh’s Education Journey prepped and planned. I knew what I was going to blog about, what I’d share via email, what I wanted to present on Facebook Live, and what resources I wanted to create.
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I never, ever dreamed I’d write blog post on distance learning or remote teaching-much less have a need for it myself. But, here I am. It’s crazy that just last week I couldn’t wait for a break from school. Now I have one, and I’d so sad about it. It’s funny that you don’t totally
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