You’re the Teacher… Not the Curriculum
I cannot stand when I hear of teachers being forced to use a curriculum from front to back, as is. Because if you’re like me, you’ve used curriculum that feels rigid or overwhelming, or just…
5 Classroom Management Strategies For Whole Group Math and Literacy Activities
Do you feel like pulling your hair out when doing whole group math and literacy activities? It’s time to implement some classroom management strategies that will make your math activities and games engaging and fun.…
7 Ways to Use Interactive Classroom Anchor Charts
There are so many ways to use interactive classroom anchor charts in the classroom. If you have devices, I’m going to share 7 ways to use them for various teaching scenarios. Substitute Teacher If you…
How to Gameify Multisyllabic Word Study
Today, we're diving into the world of gamification in the classroom, specifically focusing on how to gamify the study of decoding multisyllabic words. Infusing playful elements into your multisyllabic word study makes what could be…
Sometimes Syllabication Rules Should Be Broken
Today I’m going to talk about syllabication rules because I sometimes get asked about it by teachers that use my multisyllabic word resources. Breaking apart multisyllabic words is an important skill for kids to have…
Ideas for Teaching the 5 Types of Context Clues
Context clues instruction is something that should be taught all year. Kids need lots of practice not only identifying the different types of context clues but knowing how to figure out word meanings within a…
Start the School Year By Teaching Multisyllabic Words
Let's talk about starting the school year by teaching multisyllabic words in the upper grades. When I say upper grades, I'm including third grade, because sometimes it's that weird year where it's not primary, but…
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…
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.…
3 Ideas for How to Teach Multisyllabic Words Decoding With Limited Time
You have limited time to teach ALL the things each day. But there are ways to sneak in decoding lessons, even in 3rd-grade. In this post I'm sharing 3 ideas for how to teach multisyllabic…