Would you like a list of all of the lessons that your students will need this year during writing? This free guide is packed with specific lesson ideas for narrative, opinion and informational writing.
Writing workshop is my jam! Teaching writing shouldn’t feel like a chore. In these articles, you will find helpful strategies for mini lessons, writing conferences, editing, grading, and so much more.
As a TPT Seller, I often get asked if my resources are editable. Often, they are not. Clipart and fonts are sold with licenses that often do not allow them to be used in editable resources, which restricts my ability to make resources editable. However, there are ways...
Take a moment and think about your lesson plans. Do you know what you are teaching next week? What about next month? Next quarter? Are you beginning to sweat because you aren’t sure? If your county is anything like mine, you receive very little planning time. Here,...
In mastery-based learning, students can self-evaluate, inquire, and accept criticism to develop their mastery of skills and objectives. Teaching your students to effectively participate in this process makes determining the learning needs of your students easier. Once...
As a TPT Seller, I often get asked if my resources are editable.
Many times as teachers we end up trying to plan for a week at a time (maybe two if we are lucky), and rarely have time to consider any sort of long-range planning. If this situation sounds familiar, my advice would be to take time (sooner rather than later) and do a deep dive into your standards.
Teaching your students to effectively participate in this process makes determining the learning needs of your students easier. Once you know the learning needs of your students, you can differentiate instruction.
From my experience, I know things I have done that made my lessons less accessible, but I wanted to get ideas from students, too. (Luckily, I have access to students through my kids.)
As I love to read and have many fond memories of books from childhood, it makes sense that read-aloud time was one of my favorite things in the classroom.
To help everyone kick back, relax, and enjoy themselves, I am holding the Summer Fun Challenge from June 5 to August 6.
With targeted interventions and a supportive classroom environment, these students can begin to feel successful, which in turn helps motivate them to try.
As students with poor reading skills fall farther behind, they tend to avoid reading, which weakens their skills and compounds the problem.
BalloonPop™ is self-correcting and self-paced. As students play, they are returned to the question to try again after an incorrect answer.
Review is good for students – but only if they are engaged and actively participate. Enter test prep games.
If you had taught my kids in middle school, you might not have even realized they both struggled with reading.
Let’s talk about a few ways we can teach students how not to stress over tests.
I’ve seen how high-stakes testing has affected kids. We have kids who are so stressed out that they’re throwing up on their tests.
This week, I thought we should discuss strategies to use when different types of test questions are given to students.
As teachers help students prepare, we need to make sure that they not only feel comfortable with the material but also with taking a test.
