In the upper grades, your students are no longer reading fables with clearly stated morals or lessons. Your students must read a fiction story and determine a theme (message or lesson), which is not explicitly stated. In this post, I will share a step-by-step process to teach theme in the upper … [Read more...]
Secrets of Successful Classroom Management: Encouraging a Growth Mindset
I'm here to share some secrets of successful classroom management. They are some of the simplest things you can do to have better classroom management, yet some teachers often forget to do them. The first secret - believe in your students, and let them know it. It's important … [Read more...]
End of the Year Tips, Games, Activities, and Lessons to Refocus your Students
I'm back with some end of the year tips, games, activities, and lessons! It happens every year. You have a few days with warm temperatures, and students all of a sudden think that it's summer vacation. Or, state testing finishes, and students think it's time to pack things up. Unfortunately (or … [Read more...]
Teaching Differentiated Area in Math: Ideas to Make Practicing Area Fun
I'm here to sare some ideas to help you differentiate when teaching area. Each year, I find that many of my students struggle to grasp the concept of area. Even though it is a standard that should be mastered in lower grades, most of my students still don't have a proficient understanding of this … [Read more...]
Spreading Kindness in the Classroom
Now, more than ever, we need to teach our students about spreading love and kindness. I am a firm believer that the best way to do this is by showing our students what it looks like and what it sounds like to be kind. When it comes to lessons on character and community building, I sometimes teach … [Read more...]
Writing Narrative Endings
I have to be honest. Teaching writing is tough. Each year, I set out to build a community of writers, and it is no easy task. One of the toughest things for my students is writing endings. They always start out with catchy beginnings only to get bogged down and just stop at the end. How many … [Read more...]
How To Convert Your Fake Readers Into Real Readers
I'm here to share some tried and true tips and tricks to convert your fake readers into real readers. To help our fake readers, we have to identify their coping behaviors that are helping them hide the fact that they aren't reading. Here is a list of 10 Ways to Spot a Fake Reader: I … [Read more...]
Fraction Anchor Chart Freebie and Hands-on Fractions
I'm here to share a fraction anchor chart freebie and a hands-on mini lesson idea I used with my math intervention students. When we started our unit on fractions and did our pre-assessments, I quickly learned that I have a small group of students who need quite a bit of intervention. … [Read more...]
Math and English Language Arts Daily Morning Work
In my classroom, students start each morning by completing a page from my Daily Morning Work resource. Before we started a morning work routine, our mornings were chaotic. Students were were lingering in the hallway, socializing, or using the time to read or finish work from the previous day. … [Read more...]
Role Playing with the American Revolution {Freebies Included}
Social studies has always been one of my absolute favorite subjects to teach. I get so excited about United States history, and I do my best to make a potentially boring topic come alive for my students! There are a lot of opportunities for hands-on, get out of your seat lessons and projects in the … [Read more...]
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