Mimic Me is a fun, interactive, movement activity or brain break, that students can play when they need a chance to get up out of their seats. This classroom management you activity can be played silently, or you can let the giggle fly! To play Mimic Me, the teacher displays a card and students ... READ the POST
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Math Facts Practice with Fact Flips
Math fact fluency practice is vital, whether it's for addition facts, subtraction facts, multiplication facts or division facts! Math facts practice is necessary for students to quickly recall various facts. I am so excited to share with you a math tool that has completely simplified math fact ... READ the POST
Math Fact Practice Made Easy With Fact Flips
Math facts practice has always been a part of my daily math block! Elementary students need lots of practice mastering their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts. I used to use math facts flashcards, but after years of finding long-lost flashcards on the floor, missing from who ... READ the POST
5 Fun Ways to Practice Math Facts!
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
Using Lit. Messages to Boost Reading Engagement!
Teaching reading strategies in the elementary years is so important, especially as students transition from learning to read, to reading to learn! Helping elementary students develop a love for reading is something that we can do as teachers, especially if we have the right tools in our reading ... READ the POST
How to Teach Poetry Writing in Elementary
Poetry Writing is my favorite writing unit of the year! Teaching elementary students how to write poems is simple with the 1-2-3 format that I share below. The best thing about this Poetry Unit is that it helps students grow in their confidence as writers. Even my most reluctant writers say this ... READ the POST
Sight Word Activity Book Bundle: Pre-Primer Words
Sight Word Activity Books are a FUN, hands-on way to practice reading and writing the Dolch Sight Words. This bundle includes the first 40 Pre-primer sight words, each practiced in an individual book. Each book is sold separately for $1.00. I am offering this bundle for 50%! Also available are ... READ the POST
Literature Circles 101
Literature circles in the elementary classroom are one of my favorite ways to boost students' reading engagement and get them excited about reading! After successfully launching literature circles in my 4th grade classroom, I knew that when I moved down to 2nd grade, I had to find a way to make ... READ the POST
Favorite Poetry Unit
Teaching poetry is so much fun and so easy to do when you have the necessary tools! I remember my first year teaching fourth grade, our writing curriculum had nothing for teaching poetry. Luckily, I have always loved to write, especially poems, so I developed my own Poetry Unit. It was incredible to ... READ the POST
SUPER WRITING!
Do your students get stuck on writing? "I don't know what to write about," was a common phrase in my classroom until I introduced SUPER WRITING! This simple writing fluency activity builds students' writing stamina, as well as gives them an idea bank full of writing topics. Super Writing is a ... READ the POST