September is Hispanic Heritage Month and we like to celebrate with picture books. These picture books are the perfect addition to your library not only in September but year-round. The first three picture books highlight…
Kids love to play games! So why not incorporate them into your math instruction? We often play math games for 3rd grade in my classroom because it’s such an effective way to review. In this…
You want to have a successful event but can't compete with all of the meet the teacher ideas you see all over the internet. It doesn't have to be extravagant in order for it to…
Are you looking for some simple activities for the first week of school? Those first few days really set the tone for the year. Here are some tried and true things that I have done…
I read tons of picture books during the first days of school. Picture books are great for teaching many social skill lessons during that first week. Here are five back to school books you must…
Do you need a strategy to help kids with decoding multisyllabic words? Spot and Dot is a strategy for helping kids break apart multisyllabic words. In order for kids to be successful, they need to…
Are you feeling like Michael Scott during the end of the school year? Those last weeks can be a time full of chaos and stress. Between the end of the year activities and information overload,…
I remember that memorizing multiplication facts was something my mom used to make me do every day. And I remember that I despised it. But you know what? I am so glad she made me…
Raise your hand if you find it harder to teach time in this age of digital clocks and cellphones. Both my hands are raised! Yet analog clocks are part of most state standards. Not only…
You give a child (who loves brownies) the option of having 1/2 of a brownie or 1/8 of a brownie. They pick 1/8 of a brownie. Can you guess why? Teaching fractions can be such…