4 Spelling Strategy Tips for Upper Elementary
Teaching spelling to upper elementary students can be somewhat of a head scratcher. When I was in school, we were given spelling books. Each week, we would be required to …
Tips for Using Literacy Centers in Upper Elementary
Reading centers, literacy centers, reading stations… whatever your school calls them, they are often overlooked tools in the upper elementary classroom. However, reading centers are an integral and successful part …
Activities for Teaching Punctuation: Quotation Marks, Dialogue, and Apostrophes
Students who don’t use punctuation often miss the point. Get it?? That’s a lame joke, but it speaks to our upper elementary students’ larger struggle with using quotation marks and …
How To Organize Student Supplies
There’s just something about back to school time that makes my heart so happy! In the weeks leading up to our first day, I can’t pass a store display of …
Classroom Management Tips: Essential Daily Routines
As you begin thinking about back to school, it’s likely that classroom routines and classroom management tips have been teaching topics on your mind. It doesn’t matter how long I’ve …
A Complete List of Back to School Read Alouds
Back to school is a time filled with lots of emotions – anxiety and excitement included! (And I'm not just talking about the teacher.) Including back to school read alouds …
