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Differentiating and Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners
We often have meetings and professional development about helping struggling learners, but I’ve found that it’s rare to talk about…
Factors, Multiples, and Math Facts… oh my!
Working with factors and multiples is an important upper elementary skill that helps students solidify number relationships. However, it isn’t…
Incorporating Podcasts in the Classroom
Have you ever wondered how you could bring podcasts into your classroom? Using podcasts in the classroom has gained popularity…
The Ultimate List of Teacher Hacks
After you’ve been in the classroom for a few years, you pick up teacher hacks and strategies for classroom management…
6 Ways To Integrate Daily Grammar Practice Into Your Routines
Grammar. It’s a part of English whether you love it or hate it (I’m a love it kind of girl!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Teaching Informational Text Skills
I am always searching for engaging informational texts to get my students and children excited about reading. About two years…
