Spelling Stories – Creativity Unleashed!

…classmates. If you have a class blog or website, post the stories online for everyone to read there. Morning meetings and author sharing times are great opportunities for sharing, too….

Give the Gift of TpT and Make it Festive!

…of having to create them yourself saves precious time, time that can be spent with friends and family over the holidays. TpT gift cards can be purchased for any amount…

Getting Started with Classroom Book Clubs

…to discuss their thoughts and feelings about it. There’s no doubt that kids love being able to choose books that interest them, and they love having time to talk about…

Teaching Kids How to Write Super Sentences

…had one subject and one predicate.) Step 2: Mini-Lesson on Revising & Expanding Sentences After your students can distinguish between fragments, run-ons, and complete sentences, it’s time for them to…

Green Companies? Let the Jury Decide!

…company switch to plastic if it’s not good for the environment? Could it be that plastic is cheaper? Could it be that reducing the product’s weight makes it cheaper for

Book Character Day – Fun and Educational!

…to Laura’s Best Freebies. Book Character Parade Another activity that would work well with Book Character Day is a Book Character Parade. Here’s a snapshot that Barbara Gruener of the

Weekend App Attack: 3 Great Classroom Apps!

…which involves one digit numbers. For third through fifth grade teachers, the Medium and Hard levels involve two digit numbers, and the Expert level involves three digit numbers. You can…