We want students to retain what we are teaching them. A great way to do this is by using videos! And what’s better than that, is a video with music! Typically, I play a video at the beginning or the […]
The Most Important Thing for Increasing Reading Fluency
I hope everyone got the opportunity to get some much needed R&R over Spring Break! If your Spring Break just started, lucky you! Well, I am back to work tomorrow and looking forward to it for the most part. I […]
5 Eggs-cellent Easter Read Alouds
Easter is only a couple weeks away! It’s unbelievable that Easter is on the last day of March this year! I haven’t even worn my green for St. Patrick’s Day yet and I’m thinking about Easter. With thoughts of Easter, […]
5 Ways to Maximize Your Teacher Work Day
Have you ever at the end of a teacher work day thought to yourself, “I barely got anything accomplished today. Where did the time go?” It has happened to me a time or two, or more, until I started doing […]
10 Books for Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th, which happens to fall on a Tuesday this year. With it being during a week day, you have the opportunity to celebrate the holiday on the actual day it happens with your students! Everyone […]
8 Last Minute “Oh Crap, It’s Valentine’s Day!” Activities
I can’t believe Valentine’s Day is Friday! Now that January has FINALLY ended, February seems to be flying by! With that, I’m going to share some easy to prepare last minute Valentine’s Day activities. That way just in case you […]
Using Data Effectively
The middle of the year is an excellent time to look at your students’ data and analyze it! I agree with most educators that there is too much testing in schools. However since we have this data, we should use […]
Magnetic Letters: A Mighty Literacy Tool
If you teach in the primary grades, it is essential that you have enough sets of magnetic letters and magnetic boards for a small group of students. This is a tool that I use almost daily in my reading small […]
Ten Low-Prep 100s Day Centers
The 100th day of school is coming up! For many of us it usually occurs in February, right around Valentine’s Day. In fact, one year I combined our 100s Day celebration with Valentine’s Day. Since 100s Day activities take a […]
Rock Your Report Card Comments
The end of the semester is just around the corner! And you know what that means. Time to complete report cards for your students and fill in the dreaded comments section. I tell you the first time I wrote report […]