Whether your school requires you to send home spelling words, or your students’ parents want to work on sight words, many parents want spelling word and sight word support to help their children learn new words. However, parents often aren’t sure how to support their children. They might feel like the only option is paper and pencil practice or flashcards.…
Sight words are words that you just have to memorize because they don’t “follow the rules”, right? Actually, wrong! Many of us, including myself, have taught this for years. In fact, I was taught this as a student. However, this is just not true. The good thing is that the truth is this: sight words actually CAN be sounded out.…
Being a teacher is hard work. So is being a teacher mom (or a teacher parent, if you’re not a mom). It’s been a steep learning curve to get back into the swing of teaching full time while also getting my own 3 kids out the door each day. Add trying to feed my family and keep my house (semi)…
Being knowledgeable is one of the IB Learner Profile characteristics that we should be encouraging in students. Here are some of my favorite books for encouraging this important skill. Please note: any informational and non-fiction book fits well in this category. This post contains affiliate Amazon links. That means that if you click on a link and make a purchase,…
One of my favorite ways to start the school year, or even the new year, is by focusing on students’ having the power to choose. The Power to Choose which comes from the What Should Danny Do? and What Should Darla Do? books, teaches children that they can make choices that impact their day. It also teaches them the power…