It’s that time of year again! Parents are rejoicing, and teachers are prepping… School supplies, classroom décor, staff meetings, professional development… It’s back to school time! As you prepare your classroom for back-to-school, have you thought about the routines and traditions other children around the world have? Through my resources, I strive to connect kids to the stories and traditions of other children who may have different traditions. This is
My daughter Madeline is now two. She loves going to preschool and learning. I am creating activities to do with Madeline to reinforce what she is learning in school. Currently, Madeline is learning all about colors. This has been a bit of a difficult concept for her, but I’ve created some activities to help her. This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. If you order from one of my links, Amazon
Teaching Tolerance and Cultural Diversity Teaching tolerance and cultural diversity to our students is so important in our world today. With Islamic terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS and conflicts in the Middle East, there has been a lot of discrimination and judgment specifically towards Muslim people. This is a difficult topic to discuss with elementary age students. Despite it being difficult to discuss, I believe it is very important
The Common Core Place Value standards are so important when teaching first and second graders. Understanding the meaning of ones, tens, and hundreds sets the foundation for counting, adding, and subtracting. When I teach place value, I emphasize the use of manipulatives with my students. I especially have success using place value blocks. I like place value blocks because students can see that a ten is composed of ten ones
Partitioning Rectangles (2.G.A.2) and Arrays (2.OA.C.4) These standards go together perfectly because they both involve arrays. 2.G.A.2 asks students to partition rectangles into rows and columns to make arrays. Standard 2.OA.C.4 asks students to use addition to find the total number of objects in an array. This is my favorite 2nd grade math unit because arrays work perfectly with using food! These lessons are very engaging and memorable for students.
Back to school means getting ready for open house. Here are some free forms you can use to stay organized. Click on the pictures to grab them for your class! I hate to lecture parents on open house night. Often parents get bored and it makes me nervous! When I was in the classroom, I liked to create a short PowerPoint presentation
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I am a planner! I hate feeling unprepared for the unexpected. One of my back to school tasks has always been to prepare my emergency sub. binder. Having this binder really easies my mind if I have to be out unexpectedly. I feel much better knowing my sub. will have everything they need and my students will have engaging lessons ready for them. Not to mention, before I was a full time
Teaching and Learning Rubrics are a powerful tool to help students evaluate their own work. It holds students accountable to demonstrate that they have mastered each element in the standard. Here is the process I follow to create and implement TLRs in my class. 1. After you have taught all of your mini lessons, create the rubric with your class. I create the rubric by displaying all of the anchor charts we
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