Anchor charts are a staple in many elementary classrooms, and for good reason. These visual tools not only help to document important learning goals and success criteria but also serve as interactive resources that students can refer to throughout their…
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Academic language is (and has been) making a big impact in elementary school classrooms. Academic language gives students the skills to communicate, engage, and participate more effectively in content areas across the curriculum. After learning about academic language through reading…
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Growth Mindset. The understanding that intelligence can be developed. It’s not worrying about how smart you are or how good you are at something, but instead it’s about how you can become smarter and better. Constantly a work in progress,…
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Every year in my teaching career I have always had the most wonderful classroom volunteers. This year was no different! I was racking my brain trying to find a thoughtful and use gift for my volunteers. I have done the…
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Awhile back I posted about using the wonderful website, Student Treasures, to publish your students’ writing. It’s a great resource that’s FREE for teachers and FUN for students. Since I am back in the classroom this year, I decided it…
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I have a great project that will be a great closer of the end of the year, or a fun opener for back to school! It’s super easy and incorporates some fun math! First, take a picture of each student. …
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Have you ever planned the most perfect lesson? A lesson that you thought would excite your kiddos and keep them engaged? Only to realize when you actually teach the lesson, your students aren’t really reacting the way you had hoped? …
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Spring and sprung! It’s time for learning about life cycles. I just posted my new Butterfly Life Cycle {Informational Text, Printables, Cut & Paste Booklet} download on TpT! But it gets even better! Here’s a FREE direct instruction lesson you can teach your students that accompanies my…
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It is the 13th anniversary of September 11th today. On this tragic day, many lives were lost, a city’s buildings were destroyed, and fear encompassed our country. As a nation, we came together and supported one another to make sure…
Read More »Using Common Core standards is something that is very exciting for me! I am very excited about all of the possibilities and ideas that come from using Common Core in the classroom. I feel the Common Core Standards help teachers…
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