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Deciding to homeschool your child can be both exciting and overwhelming. I’ll never forget the moment we decided to make the leap, albeit only for a year. There’s so much to consider, but you don’t have to have it all figured out on day one. With a bit of planning (and a lot of patience!), you’ll find your rhythm, adjust it, and find it again and again!  Below, you’ll find advice to new homeschool parents (or veterans) from the perspective of a veteran teacher and someone who has homeschooled.

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A FREE compilation of creative and critical thinking games for your classroom with quick and fun ways to keep students engaged in learning AND stretch their thinking.

ZERO Prep (and FREE!) Creative and Critical Thinking Games

Combining our time as homeschoolers and my 16+ years in education, I have some tips for homeschool parents to make homeschooling the best it can be!

Advice to New Homeschool Parents from a Veteran Teacher (And former Homeschool Mom!)

My best tips for how to prevent summer slide with a strategic blend of reading and math activities. It IS possible to turn the summer months into a period of growth!

How to Prevent Summer Slide in Upper Elementary

Curated book lists, practical teaching tips, and resources that will make teaching your upper elementary units of study so much easier to plan.

Units of Study Using Rich Picture Books

First Chapter Fridays is an engaging way to introduce new books, authors, and genres. These tips keep students engaged during whole-class reading.

First Chapter Fridays and Novel Read-Aloud Engagement Tips

"Giggles and Grammar" is the BEST grammar curriculum that engages students in meaningful, systematic grammar lessons and helps students LOVE learning grammar skills.

“Giggles and Grammar” Curriculum for Upper Elementary

This Teaching With a Mountain View Resource guide is your shortcut to finding exactly what you need for your students separated by topic and season for easy navigation.

Teaching With a Mountain VieW Resource Guide

Download lists with the best upper elementary books and free printable bookmarks with reading response questions to share with families throughout the year.

The Best Upper Elementary Books and Free Printable Bookmarks

Teaching a vocabulary word of the day helps upper elementary students develop a wider knowledge of words, tackle complex texts, speak confidently, and think critically.

Increase Word Power with Vocabulary Word of the Day

Daily math word problems play a pivotal role in mathematical understanding and critical thinking skills. These 3rd- 5th grade sets make implementation simple!

The Importance of Daily Math Word Problems

Make planning your next novel study easy with these 5th grade novel study books! These books will entertain and ignite a passion for reading.

5th Grade Novel Study Books

Register for 8 weeks of FREE professional development. The weekly tips will leave you better prepared to teach 8 key upper elementary reading and math skills.

8 Weeks of Free Professional Development for Teachers

Make planning your next novel study easy with these 4th grade novel study books! These books will entertain and ignite a passion for reading.

4th Grade Novel Study Books

Make planning your next novel study easy with these 3rd grade novel study books! I've also included my favorite accountability tips!

3rd Grade Novel Study Books

Critical thinking in math helps students learn to analyze and evaluate math concepts, identify patterns and relationships, and explore different strategies.

How To Encourage Critical Thinking in Math

Favorite upper elementary math manipulatives and tips for hands-on learning to meet a variety of student needs.

Must-Have Math Manipulatives For Upper Elementary

Tips for organizing your upper elementary literacy block. Includes daily routines, whole group lessons, and literacy rotations.

How I Organize My Literacy Block

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Teaching Domain Specific Vocabulary

Math Workshop Ideas for Upper Elementary

Math Workshop Ideas for Upper Elementary

Incorporating Picture Books In Your Upper Elementary Classroom

Incorporating Picture Books In Your Upper Elementary Classroom

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Math Projects: Differentiated Hands-On Learning

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Teaching Oral Reading Fluency

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Supporting Student Learning at Home

Anchor charts serve as daily references for your lessons, empowering students to solve problems independently. Here are 8 of the best anchor chart tips!

8 Anchor Chart Tips & Tricks

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This is my new favorite ornament project in my cla This is my new favorite ornament project in my classroom! 👏 🎄 We are reading Peter Brown’s new book, The Gift of Words, and creating ornaments with messages of positivity, hope, and joy for the year to come and in celebration of this year! Comment below, and I’ll send you all the info and a link to this absolutely beautiful book. 

✨ While there are Christmas themes in the book, it never mentions Christmas. 🩷 We will leave our adornments on the tree throughout the winter season. 

✨ You can also combine this idea with another I’ve done in the past, where students write a positive compliment to each other students the class and place it into their ornaments. These are a favorite every year, and ours still hang on our personal tree at home (see the last video).
❄️ ⛅️ The shortest day of the year is almo ❄️ ⛅️ The shortest day of the year is almost here! 🥶 Winter Solstice is such a fun concept to teach both before and after winter break. I sure do LOVE a good paired text selection, so I carefully chose three picture books that present winter solstice in three very different ways — realistic fiction, informational text, and through poetry/verse — and I even added in an extra informational text passage and video. ✨ Over the years, it has become the perfect lesson on compiling and synthesizing information from multiple sources! We use this anchor chart to gather the info in one place. 

❄️ 🌞 Drop a comment below, and I’ll send you the book and anchor chart info!
We created 14 podcast episodes with 75 minutes of We created 14 podcast episodes with 75 minutes of content highlighting holidays across the globe, and I am LOVING using them with my students. 🌍 

Comment below for the link. 🧡

Zero prep, super engaging, and perfect for listening and reading comprehension now and after winter break. ❄️ 🔔 Includes over a dozen holidays — NOT Christmas exclusive! 💕
True story: I had a current student’s sibling fo True story: I had a current student’s sibling four years ago, and my student came in today asking if we were doing that “really fun travel the world math project my sister told me about.” 🥹 

Yes, yes we were, and I just love that his sister still remembers this little blip in her third grade year! 

So it’s true, my kids were GIDDY about starting this one today, and it’s a favorite for me every year, too. 

Comment below, and I’ll send you all the info. 💕 🌍 

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Comment below, and I’ll send you links to everyt Comment below, and I’ll send you links to everything, including my new Holidays Around the World PODCASTS! 💕🩷

It’s my favorite two weeks of the year! Between readers theatre plays, festive math projects, beautiful picture books, and TONS of informational text, it’s just the best!
If you give your students gifts in December, this If you give your students gifts in December, this is the perfect practical and adorable option that they will LOVE! 💕

This year, I added FREE labels for you to print to make your life super easy. 💕🩷 Comment below, and I’ll send you all the links, including the labels to add your name to, print, and go! 👏 

This is the third year I’ve given my students something similar, and the pens and notebooks are always a HUGE hit. 

P.S. I don’t always give out student gifts, and you should never feel like you have to …. but when I do, this is it!
I LOVE teaching about the Rockefeller Center Chris I LOVE teaching about the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, and you can get my plans and resources for FREE! 🌲 🎄 

Drop a comment below, and I’ll send you the link to the 10-Page Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree FREEBIE!

This week, we started with reading the informational text passage and will continue synthesizing sources and exploring perspectives by using four books about the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The books all have similar themes and similar characters, so they lend themselves well to exploring point of view and perspective. 

The freebie includes so many high-interest, academically focused tasks: 

🎄Two differentiated passages
🎄 Central Idea Tracker
🎄 Depth and Complexity Discussion Cards
🎄 Comprehension Discussion Cards
🎄 Student Anchor Chart
🎄 Fact Collector
🎄 Postcard Activity
🎶 It’s tiiiiime!! 🎶 I absolutely LOVE teac 🎶 It’s tiiiiime!! 🎶 I absolutely LOVE teaching and learning about holidays around the world, and the next three weeks will be filled with synthesizing information from these beautiful books, listening comprehension podcasts, and pen pal letters as we take a deep dive into these celebrations! 👏 

Comment below, and I’ll send you everything. 💕 🌍
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