Teaching students alphabetical order and giving them weekly ABC order practice is so important, especially in the primary grades. I want to share with you one of my favorite, 5-minute games that you can play with your elementary students to help them practice ABC order... It's called "I Spy ... READ the POST

Math Tic-Tac-Toe is one of my favorite ways to review math skills with my students! Here's how we play.... Give each student a Valentine Tic-Tac-Toe board (freebie below) and some XO gummies. Draw a teacher tic-tac-toe board up on the whiteboard. This is essentially a game of Teacher vs. Class ... READ the POST

Goal-setting groups, or Goal Groups, are my favorite way to kick off the New Year! I love inspiring students to set their own goals and monitor their progress each month from January to June.  For Goal Groups, simply put students in groups of three or four students. Give them some goal-setting ... READ the POST

Adding and subtracting tens to a double-digit number requires lots of practice for students. Since this skill generally comes in the winter time for second grade, I want to share with you a fun and quick Snowman Math activity that I made for students to practice! This activity is fun because ... READ the POST

Place value is one of my favorite math units to teach in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade! There are so many fun, hands-on activities that you can do to teach the various place value skills and it's important to spiral review this skills throughout the year. Solve It Strips® and Math Tiles are few of my ... READ the POST

Teaching students fact and opinion in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade is so much fun! You can use fall-themed read alouds to get students brainstorming facts and opinions, or even practice fact and opinion along with a science activity. One of our favorite activities is these 3D Fact & Opinion ... READ the POST

It is so important to give students "brain breaks" or movement breaks in the elementary classroom! Students can focus better after getting their wiggles out, and these breaks make the perfect transition activity between subjects. Mimic Me is one of our favorite movement break ... READ the POST

Fact family practice in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade is so important as students are mastering their addition & subtraction facts, as well as their multiplication & division facts. Once students understand the concept of a fact family with addition and subtraction, it will help them see the same ... READ the POST

Math facts practice can be fun and engaging in the elementary classroom if you have the right tools! I want to share with you five fun math fact fluency activities and games that can be used with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. Here they are... 1. Class Vs. Teacher Class ... READ the POST