Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th, and is a fun day to engage students will a little educational pirate fun! Celebrate this fun holiday with pirate books, pirate crafts, and pirate activities that your students will love! This post contains affiliate links. That means that I receive a small commission from your purchase at no additional cost to…
Back to School Must Reads for Teaching Empathy, Kindness, Acceptance, and Determination
July 8, 2018
Back to School books your students will love that teach the important characteristics of empathy, kindness, acceptance, and determination. Perfect for the first weeks of school! The first week of school is all about two things in my classroom: setting up expectations and procedures and reading, reading, and more reading. I want my students to understand from day 1 that…
Back to School: a week or two into summer, and I’m always already starting to think about the next school year. As a classroom teacher, I always tried to reevaluate the things that worked well, and the things I needed to improve each year: like my word wall and take home books. Today, I’m going to share two great products…
NGSS in Elementary Classrooms: How to Incorporate Science Into Your Literacy Instruction
June 1, 2018
NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards are designed to give students a foundational science education that can serve them throughout their schooling and into their careers as adults. These standards include scientific skills such as STEAM and STEM that will give them knowledge to excel in jobs of the future. This post discusses how you can add this important instruction into your current…
CVC words and alphabet recognition, sounds, and letter formation are such important beginning reading skills. If students don’t have a solid understanding of their letters, than reading, writing, and spelling will be a struggle. Building CVC words and understanding how to put letters together and take sounds apart is also such an important foundational skill. The following Alphabet & CVC word…