Setting up class jobs for your classroom? It can be tricky to know how you want things to be set up. Should you give everyone a job all the time? Should you only have a few jobs? Or, should you only have one class helper a day who does everything? There are so many options. Here is how class jobs…
Sending home a weekly classroom newsletter to parents is a great way to connect with parents and keep them informed. However, it can be overwhelming to decide the best way to send it. Here are my top 5 recommendations of ways to send home a classroom newsletter. Click here to read about what to include in a classroom newsletter. 5.…
If you’re required to send home a weekly newsletter to update parents on your classroom, you might be wondering what to include. Or, if you just want to keep your students’ parents in the loop, you might be trying to figure out what to say. Here are the top things I recommend including in newsletters to parents. Things to Remember…
Anchor charts are a huge part of teaching and learning because it’s often the quickest and easiest way to document learning, share new information, and collect student ideas. Anchor charts also allow students to look back and recall past information. Anchors serve very specific purposes, and have an important role in lower elementary education. Here is why I always save…
Guided reading is under the microscope right now with the rise of the science of reading, and for good cause (but we’ll get to that). Can I tell you a secret about small group reading instruction? In my entire teaching career (and I pre-date Pinterest), I have never done traditional guided reading. Never. So, here’s what I do instead of…