Silent e does a lot more than making vowel sounds long. Silent e has 7 specific jobs in the English language. Here is everything you need to know about the silent e syllable and how to teach the jobs of silent e to your students. This is post 16 in my series Phonics Rules for Teachers (and How the Heck…
Back to school time is hectic, and there’s a lot to think about. However, these 5 first grade resources for back to school make those first few weeks of school so much easier. Here are my top 5 favorite back to school resources and how I use them in my classroom. 1. Letter Sound, Name, and Formation Review and Student…
How do we talk about the people who take care of our students in an inclusive way? The default mode for most teachers to is refer to the adults who take care of students as parents. However, not every child lives with our is taken care of by a mom or a dad. So, a few years ago I made…
Teaching is not a career for the faint of heart. This has become abundantly clear in the last 3 years of teaching with Covid, lots of terrible educational policies in the US, and increased pressure and scrutiny. Here are 5 things that every teacher needs to hear right now. Your job matters Sometimes, with all of the ridiculous expectations, it…
Most (although it should definitely be all) school administrators were once classroom teachers, or teachers of some kind. However, often those days are long gone. I’ve had some really fantastic principals and some… less than great principals in my years in education. The ones who weren’t so great often didn’t really remember what it’s like to be a classroom teacher.…