Your first grade students hopefully are coming from kindergarten with a solid alphabet letter sound and letter formation knowledge. However, a whole summer has passed, and that’s just always the case. That’s why it’s important to review the alphabet at the beginning of first grade. Here is how and why you should take the time to review letter names, letter…
First year teachers have a lot to handle, a lot to learn, a lot to do, and it’s well… a lot. The first year of teaching can be very overwhelming, and all teachers make mistakes in their first year. However, hindsight is 20/20, and after some distance from those first few years of teaching, veteran teachers are a wealth of…
Being a new teacher can be overwhelming. Going from a student teacher where you have someone to hold your hand to being in charge of 25-30 small humans is a big leap. The first year of teaching can be especially daunting. Although it’s normal to make mistakes, here are 3 common new teacher mistakes and what to do instead. Working…
Adding a background image to your Google Slides presentation is a handy trick. This makes it harder for your students to accidentally move pieces that they don’t need to move. It also allows you to create a nice looking templates. Let’s learn how to do it! Why would I add a background image to my Google Slides activity? There’s a…