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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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Honestly obsessed with these cuties for the next t Honestly obsessed with these cuties for the next two weeks of success stickers and accomplishment animals! 👏 👻 Comment below, and I’ll send you links! 🧡💚
The BEST books about books, libraries, and a love The BEST books about books, libraries, and a love of reading! Each and every one of these books is a GEM and perfect for the classroom. 💎 ✨ 💫 Do you see any favorites, or would you add any to the list?

Comment below, and I’ll send you the list for some inspiration!
This was truly a standout activity last year! 👏 This was truly a standout activity last year! 👏  Comment below, and I’ll send you all the info for implementing this in your classroom! More details ⬇️ 

💚🧡 Last October, I read each of these books (on different days) during literacy, and we did a super quick comparison of the characters, problem/solution/plot, and theme of each book. 

🧡One week, we spent several days during morning meeting discussing The Little Ghost for an extended lesson on self-esteem.

🧡 Once we had read and discussed each book, students wrote a short creative essay answering the following:

👻 Imagine you are writing a new picture book to go on this display.

1️⃣ First, explain what specific theme your book would teach about standing out.

2️⃣ Describe your main character, the problem they would face, and the solution.

3️⃣ Finally, explain why your story would fit well with the three books we read.
FREEEEE and so much fun! Comment below, and I’ll FREEEEE and so much fun! Comment below, and I’ll send you this free assignment that’s perfect for enrichment, teaching alliteration or parts of speech, or early finishers! 💖 

🫶We read @oliverjeffers super fun book (it took us several days, reading a few letters each day), and then students created their own mini alliterative stories after some solid brainstorming sessions. 

It was a great lesson in parts of speech, story elements, sentence structure, AND alliteration. As a bonus, kids LOVED it and it made for such a fun classroom display!
Never not teaching word parts. 🩷💚 Comment be Never not teaching word parts. 🩷💚 Comment below, and I’ll send you ALL my resources, including an entire FREE starter kit for teaching your students the basics of prefixes and suffixes!
I’m SO excited to start this next week! These fo I’m SO excited to start this next week! These four books complement each other spectacularly well and are perfect for incorporating “spooky season” into your classroom without focusing on Halloween! 

👏 Comment below, and I’ll send you links to all the info you need! 

I love each and every one of these books, not only for the beautiful messages embedded throughout, but for their glorious art and thought provoking themes. This year, I plan to read one each week during morning meeting and complete the same four tasks each time, as shown on the anchor chart. ⬇️ 

🧡 Character Change throughout the books
🧡 Themes of each book and then an overarching theme of all four
🧡 Themes/Vocab/Imagery/Connotations associated with themes of light and dark (this is my favorite part)!
🧡 First impressions and what’s actually under the surface
Honestly, these slides make my life SO much easier Honestly, these slides make my life SO much easier, and my students are totally engaged. 🫶 Comment below, and I’ll send you a FREE set of reading slides to use tomorrow.
Designing Place Value Parks will NEVER get old! Co Designing Place Value Parks will NEVER get old! Comment below, and I’ll send you this freebie so your Monday plans are ready. 🤗 This was the very first of a dozen FREE Math Pictures I created, and it still lives on as a favorite! 

So…. You might be wondering: How do you end up with eight slides in your Place Value Park? 🧐 By having a zip code with an 8 in the ten thousands place, of course! 🤩 🛝
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