I was recently introduced to Google Classroom, and I was completely blown away. I never imaged I’d see the day that technology was so easy to integrate into classroom instruction. I want to be upfront and say that I am FAR from a Google Classroom expert, as I’m still in the learning stages. At the […]
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Opinion writing lessons can be fun for students and teachers. Opinion writing gives children something they can really get excited about, because they ALL have strong opinions! In this post I share some of my favorite opinion writing lessons and activities. I typically begin teaching opinion writing lessons after my informational writing unit, which you
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These New Year Goals worksheets and activities encourage self-reflection and give students the opportunity to create new goals for the remainder of the school year. It’s always hard for me to believe that the end of December marks the halfway point of the school year. It’s astonishing to look back at all students have learned
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Do you ever have those days or even weeks when you feel like you’re just going through the motions? You’re still doing your job, but that zip and excitement was missing. Whenever I feel that way, I know that it’s time for something new. I 100% believe that there is no point in reinventing
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Student Christmas gifts were not high on my priority list. It wasn’t too long ago that I decided I would no longer give my students gifts for Christmas. I had always gone with the flow and given my students gifts, which appeared to be the norm. It wasn’t that I minded buying gifts, but money
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It’s no secret that Christmas is my favorite holiday, by far. There’s just something about it that is completely magical to me, especially when I’m around my children and students. That’s one of the reasons I like to incorporate it into my routine as often as possible. If you’re not allowed to do Christmas activities,
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These Thanksgiving worksheets and activities are based around a Thanksgiving Choice Board. You can absolutely skip the choice board and have students complete a few (or just one) of the Thanksgiving worksheets and activities a day. If you do choose the choice board, you can have students complete one activity from each row, or complete
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Have you ever had a moment when every single students’ eyes were completely glazed over, and you were pretty sure no one actually heard what you were saying? That was me on Thursday. I was seven days into my government unit, and I thought we were doing pretty good. Students had completed a few interactive
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This year I’m recycling some Halloween Choice Board activities that I made way back in 2010. I actually used the same activities YEARS before that. Back before I knew how to make tables and insert images, I created the choice board and activities by hand. One day I’m going to dig through my old school
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When I first started teaching, informational writing was one of my least favorite units to teach. I could spend months on narratives but would have been happy to skip informational writing altogether. Part of my problem was that I misinterpreted writing workshop training and was under the impression that students should just start writing. I’d
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