Studying with a Buddy Makes Test Prep Fun!
…testing. A teacher once told me that she considers testing to be a genre, just like fables, science fiction, or poetry. That’s just how she presented it to her students,…
…testing. A teacher once told me that she considers testing to be a genre, just like fables, science fiction, or poetry. That’s just how she presented it to her students,…
…at plain, generic solids, and I ask the students to tell me objects they have seen that would match those shapes. Kids always mention things like ice cream cones for…
…by classrooms where kids were tying shirts and squirting dye onto them, and the project seemed like way more than I wanted to tackle. But one year my entire grade…
…sentence starter to help students think of something to wrote. For example, the sentence starter for A is “An adventure I would like to have is ….” Thanks to Francie…
…and second, once you start using them, you and your students will be hooked! A task card is exactly what it sounds like: a card with a task on it….
…brainstorm a list of unique awards such as, “Super Reader Award,” “Sharing & Caring Award,” and “Animal Care Expert.” We chose not to include silly things like “Class Clown” because…
…Year Reflections freebie below to use with my students; if you like it, feel free to download it and use it in your own classroom. My School Year Reflections printable…
…end of the year. When the weather is nice, I like to take our drama circles outside. So much fun! Drama Circles Set the Tone Using drama circles during the…
…out of the group later? Fortunately, I discovered a simple solution to this problem: audio books. I located audio versions of some of my favorite student books like Hatchet and…
…students. So I’d like to share two strategies that worked well for me in the classroom, as well as a new game called Mystery Vocabulary Detectives. Hopefully you’ll find that…
…hope our poems will be read aloud and perhaps an unseen reader will share our delight. I like to think that David McCord had his own special rock where he…
…haven’t read the book, you can listen to a quick YouTube video of it before you read this post. If you like it, order a copy of The Dot now…
