Solar System Project Based Learning
A few days ago…. I was with my kids at the park, it was starting to get dark, but we were close to home, it was the weekend and we…
Wordless Picture Books and Story Starter Activities
Have you ever used wordless pictures or wordless picture books? What are the benefits of Wordless Pictures? Wordless pictures are a way to encourage students to make inferences. They see…
Building Relationships During Back to School
Besides instilling routines and classroom management into your classroom, connecting and building relationships with students during Back to School time is so vital. It will set your year for you….
3 Ways to Teach Narrative Writing
Why Story Maps Work! Teaching Narrative Writing in 1st and 2nd Grade can be very easy for you and your students when you teach them how to use story maps…
How to Use a Classroom Economy
What is a classroom economy? When I first started teaching in 2004, I used red tickets, you know the ones that they use for raffles? I would give them to…
How to use Close Reading in the Classroom
I taught for a few years then took a long break, … a really long break. I had all my children and then came back. By the time I had…
How to Teach Conclusions in Writing
It took me a long time to figure out how to teach students to write conclusions. I think it was because I didn’t completely understand it myself. I like to…
How to Teach Narrative Writing Part 2
Teaching Narrative Writing to our little ones can be daunting at first when they have not had any prior instructions. I remember one of my kid’s teachers gave the assignment,…