I’m so excited to share what I have learned from my EL Education background about: 1. Learning Targets 2. Success Criteria & 3. Checking For Understanding Strategies These really impacted my class daily and are so powerful! If you haven’t started using them, then this is a great place to
I know, I know, there are lots of different terms when you are learning how to help kids learn how to read and spell. Teaching foundational reading skills is pretty complex. So, lets start with what they are exactly! What is phonological awareness? Phonological awareness is an umbrella term that
I love using task cards! There are so many ways to use them & in my post I’m going to go over my 12 different ways that you can use task cards in your classroom or even for homeschooling! You might be wondering what task cards are exactly… Basically, they
I remember my first year of teaching, thinking how can I teach language standards like grammar and parts of speech to my students in a fun way? Well, I definitely came up with some “fun” lessons, but they were time consuming and my students didn’t actually apply what they were
Have you ever been so excited about teaching a lesson, but it just flopped because your students were not engaged? Don’t worry, we all have been there. Over the years I have learned lots of strategies to make lessons engaging so that your students will actually learn what you are
Do you have Math Games & Activities in your centers? Well, you should! We’re going back to my 1st year of teaching when I was handed a math fact fluency program that was supposed to be “fun”. The kids hated it and moaned every day when we got out our
Activities for the 100th Day of School! Yay! I love to have fun with my kids all the time, so I get excited about the activities for 100th day of school! I definitely put in too much time preparing for the 100th day of school in my earlier teaching days. Over
Warm fuzzy books, a favorite item of my childhood education! Every kid in Mrs. Astle’s class couldn’t wait for their turn to receive the warm fuzzy book and choose the color of warm fuzzy for the front cover! I had her for both my 2nd and 3rd grade years. I
What is a good progression of Number Sense? So number sense would start with concepts like recognizing numbers to 10, then 1-1 correspondence (counting), composing and decomposing numbers into parts and whole (number bonds, math triangles, etc.), basic addition & subtraction, estimation, missing addends and… the concept of place-value. This should
So we know that the ultimate goal of reading is comprehension, right? But how exactly do we teach all that is reading comprehension? Well, just like anything we teach there should be: explicit instruction time to practice together independent practice and application Does this sound familiar? Many of you may
