At the start of the year, I always take a day or two to teach character ed. Why? Because I want to set the tone for a positive classroom community on those first days back to school. A simple and effective strategy I've used to teach character ed is reading picture books to my students and having … [Read more...]
How to Plan a Virtual Meet the Teacher Open House
In a previous blog post, I laid out an entire step-by-step guide for an easy and successful Meet the Teacher Open House Night. You can read more about that HERE. However, if your district closed your school building or limits the number of visitors, you don't need to throw out your Meet the Teacher … [Read more...]
My Comprehensive Guide to Effective Re-Teaching
This blog post contains my comprehensive guide to effective re-teaching. All of the information found in this blog post can be downloaded in my free printer-friendly Ebook found HERE. You know that whole-class lesson where every single student immediately gets it and masters the content? Me … [Read more...]
My Best Resources and Tips for Nonfiction Text Structure
Many students struggle to recognize and use nonfiction text structures as a tool to assist their comprehension. Over the years, I tried many different strategies and resources to help my students master this skill. Some worked and some didn't. And some, I had to create myself or tweak to fit the … [Read more...]
Halloween Math Project
I'm here to share a fun Halloween math project that you can do with your students in the days or weeks leading up to Halloween (or even on the day of your Halloween party). So put on your coolest costume and hit all the houses, because it's time for The Great Halloween Candy Competition! The … [Read more...]
How to Get Students to Master Nonfiction Text Features
If you're looking for ways to teach nonfiction text features, you've come to the right place. When students enter the upper grades, they are required to read more textbooks and informational texts. There is a shift from learning to read to reading to learn. These texts can be difficult for students … [Read more...]
Create Your Own Dog Business Math Project
A fun math project always gets students excited. They get to connect the math they are learning in class to the real world. Best of all, these projects can also show students how math helps them better understand and describe the world around them. There is a real-world application for almost … [Read more...]
What You Might Be Missing with Your Parent Communication
Whether you call it school-to-home communication or parent communication, it can make or break your year. Parent communication is more than just keeping parents in the loop - it's about building relationships with them. When they aren't on the same page as you, it can be very frustrating. Parent … [Read more...]
How to Help Struggling Readers Read to Self
Teaching silent reading voices to struggling readers (or all readers!) is a powerful tool to increase reading comprehension and fluency. As your students approach the upper grades, most reading time is spent reading to self. We teachers always emphasize the importance of letting students choose … [Read more...]
Summarizing Informational Text
Summarizing informational text has several uses for students. It teaches them to determine the most important ideas in a text, ignore unimportant information, and connect the main idea and key details of a text in a logical way. Summarizing also helps improve memory and comprehension of a text … [Read more...]
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