Tips for Teaching Informational Text
…and ask them to help you brainstorm how those text types are alike and different. Record their ideas on a class Venn diagram. If you have a document camera, use…
…and ask them to help you brainstorm how those text types are alike and different. Record their ideas on a class Venn diagram. If you have a document camera, use…
…important facts and details in the news story. You could also use the Current Event Report form in my Social Studies file cabinet to have students write a summary of…
…tapping his ruler on the desk. Then he poked another student with his pencil. Now, it is not uncommon for him to be like this because he sometimes gets into…
…Writing activity became a yearly tradition in my classroom because it was such a terrific writing lesson, and it was so appreciated by my students’ families. Because it worked so…
…students and work well with many fall-related activities. If you need ready-to-use lessons, activities, and printables to go with these books, check out my November Activities Mini Pack on TpT….
…can’t participate until everyone else has used all of his or her sticks. Kids love this activity because it ensures that everyone gets an equal chance to participate. To learn…
…words. You can download the chart above to use as a model for creating your own anchor chart. Or you can print it out and give it to your students…
Spring is the perfect time to use math games with your students. Either you are finished with testing and the kids are restless, or you still have testing ahead of…
…poetry, so I set out to create a short teaching guide to go with it. Poetry: A Common Core Dilemma When I began to think of ways to use the…
…but be sure to return to this blog post to pick up some valuable tips for using this activity. The free version of Mystery Perimeters uses inches, but the one…
Use of Space that Fosters Success Guest blog post by Krista Carlson For many of us teachers, it happens at the beginning of every school year. We walk into our…
…you want a quick and easy way to share links with your students? Give Symbaloo a try! Symbaloo is a visual bookmarking tool in which users create a collection of…