Although only about 10% of the world’s population is left handed, you’re bound to end up with lefties in your class. If you’re a right handed teacher, like 90% of the world’s population, this might not be a topic that’s ever even occurred to you as something to be aware of in your classroom. As a lefty myself, I feel…
Struggling writers. I will never forget the Aha moment when I realized WHY writing was so hard for my students. It was my second year of teaching, mid-writing lesson, mid way through our year in first grade. I had modeled, read great mentor texts, modeled, modeled, and modeled some more, and it JUST didn’t seem to be helping the majority…
“I’m done!” I don’t know about you, but that is one phrase that I really, really don’t need to hear in my classroom. We all have those students who finish their work early, and then of course need something to occupy their time. Today I’m going to share some ideas that are simple to implement, will add value to your…
Hey folks! I know I’m a little lot late with this, but I wanted to share what we did the week before Winter Break this year! First up, our parent gift. Last year, I made these adorable snowmen, and my plan was to do the same, BUT I couldn’t find regular old popsicle sticks, only red and green, so instead…
Okay, so you’re screen is not deceiving you. I’m actually blogging two days in a row! What?! Today’s post is going to be short and sweet (like most of my posts recently 😉 ). In the US, Tuesday is Veteran’s Day. I definitely think it is a very important day to stop and talk to your students about veterans and…