5 Ways to Disconnect From Work After School and On the Weekends
It can be hard to separate school from home for many teachers. But it's so important that we take care of ourselves and attend to our personal lives. So in this post I'm sharing 5…
How to Make State Test Practice Engaging
It's that time of year again. Time to do some state test practice. Sound boring? Well, it can be if you just give kids test prep review packets, have them complete them and turn them…
3 Independent Reading Activities Your Kids Can Do While You Teach in Small Groups
What do the rest of the kids do while you teach reading in small groups or one-on-one? Today I'm sharing 3 activities your students can do independently. Let them choose their books. One activity for…
7 Tips for Planning So You Can Leave School On Time
You want to leave school for the day but there's still so much to do like planning your lessons. Here's a secret... there will always be so much to do. But that doesn't mean you…
5 Ways to Help Kids Understand Area and Perimeter in 3rd-Grade
Area and perimeter can be tricky skills to teach kids because they often confuse one for the other in 3rd-grade. Here are 5 ways to help kids understand area and perimeter. Definitions using Examples: Before…
7 Grading Tips That Will Give You Back Your Time
Don’t grade everything. It’s ok to give kids things to work on that we don’t grade. The point of grading is to assess how kids are doing. Although that could also be argued because sometimes…
How to Fit Multiplication Fact Practice Games into Your Curriculum
Playing multiplication fact practice games is one of the easiest ways to help kids learn their multiplication facts. When kids are having fun, they are able to retain the information they are learning. Because our…
How to Easily Teach The Schwa Sound in Words
The schwa sound in words is one of the most common in the English language and yet it’s the trickiest to teach. The schwa sound is a weak unstressed sound that occurs in multisyllabic words.…
Four Multiplication Strategies for 3rd-Graders
To help kids understand multiplication, it's important to teach them strategies for how to multiply. Teaching these 4 multiplication strategies for 3rd-graders is essential before having kids memorize facts. Make Equal Groups One of the…
Hate Teaching? How to Enjoy it Once Again
Do you hate teaching? Maybe you've been in this career for a while or maybe it's one of your first years. If you do, it's okay to feel that way. I can bet that every…