Checking for Understanding with Exit Tickets

…other subject areas as well. If you are thinking, “How can I get started with exit tickets?”consider the following three questions: What do you want to find out about your…

Managing Whole Group Instruction

Before you can involve your students in cooperative learning activities or other active engagement lessons, you’ll need to establish clear procedures for whole class management. When effective management strategies are…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…with books you got cheap or have multiple copies of. Books that are super popular or special/more expensive/ really new copies that you are more concerned about losing can be…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

…the right. Always remember: you are your child’s coping instructor! I had the great honor of reading the Ant Hill Disaster over the phone to Michelle Gay who lost her…

Falling in Love … With a Poem

…special day is celebrated in April, but the date changes from year to year. Click here to find out when it’s celebrated this year. So, how to find those poems…

Bucket Seats… Made Easy!

Guest post by Katie at Kindergarten Craftiness My favorite things to share with fellow crafters are crafty how-to’s that are also super practical (especially to teachers). Today I’m sharing a…

Teaching Informational Text with Magazines

…children’s magazines are a great source of informational text. The articles are short, interesting, and appropriate for children. They often use a variety of different text structures and text features…