Nonfiction text structures (compare and contrast, sequential order, cause and effect) can be tricky for students to understand. That's one of the reasons I like reviewing this challenging skill with these holidays around the word passages. It's not what I use to introduce these
Last Minute Christmas Resources
Every holiday season is busy, but this year it feels as if I cannot keep my head above water. There are no parties or events keeping me busy, so I have to assume it's the challenge of teaching in a pandemic. Can't image how that could be difficult, right? There are several
Christmas Activities Round-Up + Resources
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
Halloween Resource Round-Up
This ultimate list of Halloween resources is here! We all know that during this time of year our calendars are completely full, and students get oh-so excited about every single holiday that will occur in the next few months. I try to embrace the crazy and enjoy the season.
Christmas Math Project
The only thing more fun than a math project is a Christmas math project! It combines two of my favorite things. You can find this Christmas project here. You can read about my Christmas Fraction Project here.
In this activity, students are invited to enter a house in a holiday
Christmas Fraction Project
Several years ago, I used my Christmas Geometry Project as a multi-day math project before Christmas break. When I changed grade levels, I wasn't been able to use the activity, because I hadn't taught geometry. I LOVED the math project so much that I turned the Geometry Project
Thanksgiving Math Activities
Through conversations with other teachers, I've seen an increasing need for more differentiation options and opportunities with math tasks and math projects. I have several ideas for tiered tasks in mind, but I'm sure those projects will take quite some time to create. In this
Christmas Escape Room
I love any and all Christmas related activities. I also love escape lessons in the classroom, so I decided to combine two of my favorite things to create a Christmas Escape activity that is perfect for upper elementary students. Like my End of the Year and Back to School escape
My Favorite Halloween Ideas and Resources
I don't know if this is true everywhere, but in the two schools where I've taught, I've found that things start to get a little crazy in October. My personal life is busier. My school calendar is bursting. And my students get oh-so excited about every single holiday that will
Quick and 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
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