education resources & more
Now, don’t be jealous, but I am one of those lucky teachers that gets to teach for two days this week! 😉 Oh, and did I mention one of those is an early release day? So, today we were BUSY! BUSY! BUSY! Downtime is a dangerous thing in crazy times like these. To help keep us engaged, I reworked a… Read More
Do you have the whole week of Thanksgiving off, or do you have to teach for a few days? I’ve got this week and one and a half days next week to get through before Thanksgiving break, so I’ve been jam packin’ my days with everything and ANYTHING Thanksgiving! Now, truth be told, Social Studies is like the red headed… Read More
In writing, we’ve been working on where authors get their ideas. Following our small moments lesson, we were ready to keep looking inward to find inspiration. With it being so close to Thanksgiving, I knew I wanted my kids to write about what they were thankful for, so in stepped this cute and easy writing idea, “My Thankful Heart” To… Read More
I LOVE all things simple, quick, and make my life as a busy teacher easier. AND I especially LOVE sharing those ideas with you! Who doesn’t love anchor charts, right? They are such a great way to share information with your students! My problem: they took me HOURS to complete and all they ever did was sit there. Don’t get… Read More
When I first started teaching, I knew I wanted my kiddos to engage with text in a meaningful and purposeful way. Not just a worksheet that went with what we were reading… But a real way for my students to share their thoughts, ideas, and opinions as it related to what we were reading. My solution? Reading Response Journals or RRJ… Read More
What do you do when pictures and context clues aren’t enough to help a child understand the meaning of a word? I had to tackle this very problem in my 3rd-grade classroom this year. The majority of my students were proficient readers. They could sound out words that they did not know rather well…even those tricky multi-syllabic words that littered… Read More
