My Top 5 Whole Group Test Prep Strategies
I’ve been blogging recently about how I prepare my students for the end of year reading test during small groups (you can read more about this here and here), so I thought that today...
I’ve been blogging recently about how I prepare my students for the end of year reading test during small groups (you can read more about this here and here), so I thought that today...
Do you use centers in your classroom? I do and it’s my favorite time of day! My students love working on activities independently and with partners. I love having even more time to work...
You can always tell my most loved read alouds just from looking at my book collection. They’re the ones with ratty old post its sticking out from between the pages. When I find a...
Analyzing character traits and feelings is one of my favorite skills to teach. Every year I seem to put a little more emphasis on this skill, as it really is a huge part of...
So often, teachers in testing grades come to a point in the year where they have to make the decision to spend valuable class time teaching students how to take a test or continue...
So often, teachers in testing grades come to a point in the year where they have to make the decision to spend valuable class time teaching students how to take a test or continue...
Read alouds are one of my favorite parts of teaching! Unfortunately, in this test driven system, 3rd graders are expected more and more to be doing passages instead of listening to read alouds; especially...
When I first joined this amazing linky of First Day plans, I knew I wanted to share my favorite writing lesson for the first day. It gets students sharing and building relationships right from...
Your students love you. By January, they know you better than most of your coworkers. They know how to make you smile, laugh, and yell. They know when your glance from across the room...
I love the idea of ending 2014 with a look back at my year in blogging. It was been a rough road for me trying to juggle school, home, mommy-duties, church, and creating products...