Field Trips – Follow Up on the Fun!

…admit that after the excitement of the trip, I really enjoyed that bit of quiet reflection time! The completed reports make a great bulletin board, too. You could easily turn…

Literary Lunch Bunches Foster Love of Reading

…on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.” One way you can give Book Clubs a try is by starting a Literary Lunch Bunch program. Literary Lunch Bunches are fun,…

Caring Classrooms Community on DonorsChoose

…through DonorsChoose, and now she’s giving back through her efforts to support other teachers’ projects. Her article, Sometimes It Takes a Virtual Village, is just one more way that she’s…

Book Character Day – Fun and Educational!

…activities. However, there’s fun and educational way to sneak in a dress-up activity if you can get it approved! Host a Book Character Day! Your students can dress up as…

Teaching Kids to Express Appreciation

…express appreciation in the classroom? Team greeting cards are a simple way to encourage students to show appreciation for each other, and it only takes about 15 minutes to implement…

Using Gestures to Enhance Learning

Guest blog post by Sally DeCost of Elementary Matters I’ve been teaching elementary school for 35 years, and I’m always trying to find a better way to reach my students….

Make Test Prep Meaningful!

…important to spend some time preparing students for the structure of a standardized test. Today, I’m going to share one way that I accomplished that in my third grade classroom….