Favorite Read Alouds for November

…as enjoyed sharing them with mine. They are a great way to foster a warm holiday spirit in the classroom. If you’re looking for ready-to-use printables and activities to go…

3 Easy Ways to Wrap up the School Year

…and/or make a border around their square to make it a little special. Then, take the squares and arrange them to create a “Quilt of Knowledge”. Laminate, if possible, and…

Hands-on Geometry – Part I

…post, I’ll share a few more. Polygons Identifying various two-dimensional shapes can be rather boring when simply looking in a book. One thing I have done to get my students…

Mitten Science: Questions to Explore

…investigate? How would you use this activity in your classroom? If you’re looking for more science activities, visit the Science File Cabinet Page to find more fun and easy investigations!…

Investigating Gummy Bears

Guest blog post by Amy Alvis I was looking on Pinterest for a lab to use with my students to teach them the scientific method. The students will have science…

Gifts for Santa’s Scientists

…are so clear you could easily pick it up 3 minutes before class and be ready to teach the lesson. I love how she has written Day 1 number 1,…

Fun with Customary Measurement Conversions

…the logic? Bring on the metric system! Every unit is based on tens which corresponds perfectly to our base ten number system. Unfortunately, I don’t think the United States will…

How to Track Oral Reading Fluency

…not as fluent. Then I showed them how to time each other for one minute as they read aloud, and how to help each other calculate the average number of…

Daily Report Homework Solution

…on Friday for a certain number of Satisfactory ratings, this report works very well to stop problems in their tracks. You can download this Daily Report by clicking above. It’s…