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Create Curriculum “Bright Spots” You Can’t Wait to Teach!
If you need a teaching “pick me up” after a long week at school, I implore you to keep on reading, for your own personal benefit, and for the benefit of your students… When I first met Angela Watson last…
Encouraging EXPRESSIVE Readers {A quick and easy activity with a picture book!}
It seems all young kids have a book that they adore. You know the one… it’s the book that gets read every. single. day. The one that they know all the words to. The one with tattered edges. Well, for…
{Peek of the Week} A Peek Into Charitie’s Science Classroom
Happy Thursday! It has been a few weeks, but I’m thrilled to bring you Charitie’s Science Classroom as part of my Peek of the Week feature! I have received so many amazing submissions, and I can’t wait to share them…
Titanic Lessons, Experiments, Activities, and More!
When I was young, I was never the girl who obsessed over boy bands. I was the girl who obsessed over the Titanic. Even before Titanic The Movie came out in 1997 and launched the world into a serious Titanic…
{Peek of the Week} A Peek Inside REAL Classrooms
I am beyond excited to share my new project with you! I am pleased to introduce to you Peek of the Week…a weekly peek inside REAL classrooms around the country! I came up with this idea after realizing that I…
A Quick and Easy {Differentiated} Review Activity
This will be a quick blog post, but it’s something you can use in like… 5 minutes if you need to! Last year toward the end of the year, when I was reviewing a standard strand with my students before…
The Great Big Collection of Test Prep Resources
It’s that time of year…whether you dread it or just deal with it (or do a little bit of both), state testing time will be here before you know it. Let’s face it–nobody looks forward to administering hours of tests,…
Teachers Are Heroes Sale
Did you ever know that you’re a child’s hero? Even if they haven’t told you, I am most certain that you are. And today, TpT wants to recognize that when you walk into your classrooms every day, you are a…
Oreo Stacking Contest for Mean, Median, Mode Lesson!
Last year, I posted a picture on my Facebook fan page of my students stacking Oreos. It was such a hit that I promised I would blog about it, and I completely forgot. Until now! I loved the idea from…
Perimeter & Area of Irregular Shapes
I was spending hours reminiscing and looking through old photos when I came across these few photos that I had taken of a lesson on perimeter of irregular shapes. I remembered how much I loved it, and I wanted to…
Line Plot Activities and Resources
Line Plots. When I even think of the words, I shudder. It’s one of the trickiest concepts for students. What do those Xs mean? The numbers on the bottom? YOU WANT ME TO PUT FRACTIONS ON THERE!? I have racked…
Teaching Cause and Effect in Upper Elementary
Upper elementary students have a lot of experience with cause and effect, but that doesn’t mean you can skip this skill! Here are some ideas for doing more when teaching cause and effect that I used with rather high 5th…
