3 Mindful Classroom Teaching Strategies

…like to share with you 3 teaching strategies that I use together that incorporate three popular programs. It can be used with kids from K-8 by adapting these strategies for…

Easy Differentiation with Colored Folders

…have found to do this is with colored pocket folders. Most teachers have folders everywhere, so the set up is pretty easy. I use center boxes in my room to…

15 Super Gifts for Student Teachers!

…little something that I might be able to use in a future classroom. It was the sweetest thing because the kids were able to pick something for me and I…

The Magic Solution to Missing Assignments

…effective system I’ve ever used for dealing with the problem of missing assignments. How Fun Friday Works Fun Friday is a weekly event that 3 or 4 teachers organize and…

How to Track Oral Reading Fluency

…consider how much energy a reader wastes when he or she has to slowly decode every word in a passage. To help my 5th graders improve their oral reading fluency,…

The Mystery of the Missing Freebies

…the newsletter again. If you use the same email address you used before, you’ll be asked to update your profile. After you fill out the form and click Update Profile,…

Sweet Statistics: Jelly Bean Data Analysis

…like to try this activity with your students, you can find step by step  directions, ready-to-use printables, and a class data chart in my April Activities for Upper Elementary pack….