Digging Deeper: Teaching Inference in Upper Elementary
Teaching inference is an important skill. Of course, by the time they reach upper elementary, many students are familiar with it, but it's such a critical one and one that …
Teaching Language Skills: Nouns and Verbs
Upper elementary students are pretty familiar with the function of nouns and verbs, but that doesn't mean we can skip teaching this crucial language skill. Nouns and verbs lay the …
Teaching Coordinate Grids
There are some standards I highly anticipate teaching, and coordinate graphing is one of them! Teaching coordinate graphing in upper elementary can be a ton of fun, and there are …
Math Projects: Differentiated Hands-On Learning
When I’m looking for rigorous practice that’s so fun the students almost forget they’re learning, I turn to math projects! These projects hold so much learning power with their real-world …
Student Rewards: Beyond The Skittles
As I wrap up one year and start looking forward to the next, I use it as a time to reflect on what did (and didn't!) work. Reassessing classroom management …
Last Day of Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaways!
I hope you have been feeling alllllll the love this week, teacher friends! For our last day of teacher appreciation week, I'm giving away FOUR $50 TWAMV credits. YES!! How …
