Upper elementary classroom tips and ideas with a focus on classroom management, student engagement, & cooperative learning.
HOMEWORK PHILOSOPHY I believe that homework should be used as a learning opportunity for students and not graded for accuracy. Homework provides students a chance to process and reflect upon what …
Make classroom management a whole lot easier with non-verbal hand signals! These round, hand signal posters come in 15 color options with a total of 61 different versions to choose from! Please note this product is non-editable. Nonetheless, still created to meet your specific classroom needs. SAVE NOW and purchase this resource in the Modern Rainbow Decor Bundle Hand Signal Posters Options: - Hand holding up 1: tissue, pencil, water, restroom - Hand holding up 2: tissue, pencil, water, restroom - Hand holding up 3: tissue, pencil, water, restroom - Hand holding up 4: tissue, pencil, water, restroom - Hand holding up 5: question - Fingers crossed: restroom - Thumbs up: got it, ready, I'm done, yes - Thumbs down: not ready, I need help, no I'd love to see how you use these in your classroom! Please tag me on Instagram @thelearninglane. Thank you and I hope you enjoy! If you like this product, check out these matching resources! Pastel Neutral Number Labels Pastel Neutral Editable Word Wall ************************************************************************************************************* Stay Connected! I would love to see how you use my resources with your students :) Click here for my Instagram Click here to follow my store
A lot has happened since my last post. However, I have decided to revive this little blog. It could be the sparks of inspiration from the Ma...
We finally finished our Community Helper graph! I have a super cute activity that I was going to do last week, then today, with our nursery rhyme but I forgot my candle, so we will do it tomorrow! :) Our Bible activity is in pieces, so hopefully it will be assembled tomorrow so I can get that picture up. I thought today I would put the rest of last weeks activities up and then start our pumpkins tomorrow. I think today was the first normal day that we've had in October! The whoosh season is already upon us! This is not my favorite Community Helper book that I did with the class this year. We were so pressed for time that I had to do something that could be done in a short amount of time. I believe this is from Teacher Helper Oct/Nov 2004. I posted the picture up earlier of Officer Buckle and Gloria that we read in class. We did this page the day that the police officers visited our school. We read Flashing Fire Engines which is a part of our Scholastic Curriculum. It was really cool because we were able to see all the parts of the fire engine when they came to visit. After reading the book and discussing what a firefighter does, we did this page. We read Froggy Goes to the Doctor to help us learn what a doctor does and what happens to us when we go to the doctor. We completed this page after reading the book and then made doctor bags in centers. I love this book! It has various letters from fairy tale characters that is just too cute! We completed this page after learning what a mail carrier does. In centers we made our own letters and put stamps on them. We read Career Day as a review to what types of Community Helpers there are and what jobs they have. I gave them four choices of what type Community Helper they wanted to be when they grew up. It was funny because many of them wanted to be teachers, and I didn't have that as a choice. Mainly, because I couldn't find teacher clip art! (Haha!) We also did a survey and completed their own individual graph. Our number from last week. We actually did our number for this week today, but I did not take a picture. Just for fun- Walking stick bug that was found on the playground! I had some other pictures that didn't take or maybe they did, but my camera will not even turn on now! I'm so sad because I'm not going to be able to do the class book that I really wanted to do. Oh well..next year! Hopefully, I'll have better pictures now!
The best "icebreaker" activity for high school students (who hate icebreaker activities). Get a jump start on creating a bond with your students.
Forty ideas to inspire you!
If we students the difference between tattling vs reporting, it will encourage the kids to be problem solvers, not just tattle-tales.
This worksheet targets asking grammatically correct, semantically appropriate questions! Click here to download!
Remember when your biggest complaint was that there wasn’t enough frosting in the packet of Dunkaroo’s?
I love starting the school year with this activity. It’s easy, parents love it, and it immediately gives the children a little boost of self-esteem by identifying a part of themselves that they like…
I think all teachers desire for their classrooms to be a cohesive community. I mean, why wouldn't you want it to be? You and your students spend a LOT of time with one another, wouldn't you want it to be a pleasant experience? Class building is the way to make it happen!
4 corners is a strategy for preassessing your students' background knowledge on a topic as a way to engage them before the unit. It's quick and easy to implement!
Are you looking for new ways to keep novelty in the classroom? Check out this post for 5 unique ways to engage your students and keep the classroom fresh!
In the Collaborative Model, struggling students are never left out or left behind.
Refocusing the classroom mid-year can be a struggle, but sticking to your plan can bring about positive change for you and your students.
Literature Circles in the elementary classroom. How to do literature circles with 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students.
This page shares ideas for educators to use in creating websites with teaching resources. Learn how to set up and design your blog, create strong content, build a following online, and more! These tips are based on my own personal experience with running a website for teachers since July 2003–an entire decade! Lots of things … Continued
There is no classroom issue that gets to me more than tattling. I know that I can't be alone on this one. It seems that every year it really picks up in the second semester too, so here are some sure-fire ways to help you and your students come out the other side alive by STOPPING THE BLAME GAME.
Free speech therapy worksheets and activities (articulation, receptive/expressive language) for speech-language pathologists, teachers, parents.
Today we had "Theme Tina" as a class visitor to introduce "theme" within a story. The kids just loved her! She explained that theme is THE MEssage (overall) that the author is trying to make. Her umbrella represents the big idea of theme and its components, with many of the possible themes of stories coming off of it. They loved her hair which was colorful and different like the many possible themes that you will come across in stories. Rounding is a new concept for third graders. I introduced the concept by using a sentence strip and making it into a number line. Once the number line was created we glued it to make a roller coaster. We can think of rounding like a roller coaster with 5 at the top. Once it hits 5 or more the car will roll down the hill toward the ten. This provides the kiddos with a visual and hands-on experience of rounding numbers and when to round down or round up. At Pride Rally on Friday we won the P.E. award for having no marks on our class chart. Thank You to Mr.Zhou for being a Watch D.O.G.S volunteer on Friday. Supporting your favorite college on college spirit day is a blast! If you have an questions please let me know. Thank You, Staci Sellers
This is a great idea for keep track of art ideas either for students or just some things you may want to try on your own. It gives you a source to come back to and samples of the ideas. Once you h…
I have a client who is learning a new augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device. She is able to request colors and label colors using her device, but we have not yet worked on identifying the color of an object that is not right in front of her. This worksheet will be used to answer questions about what color various items are. Some of these (apples, grapes) have multiple answers that are acceptable. The point is really just to work on her familiarity with the device. Click here to download!
Are attention seekers sucking the life out of you in the classroom? Try these ten tips for keeping their need for attention satisfied with positive attention. The 4th and 8th tips are my favorite!
Upper elementary classroom tips and ideas with a focus on classroom management, student engagement, & cooperative learning.
Upper elementary classroom tips and ideas with a focus on classroom management, student engagement, & cooperative learning.
A simple activity for learning about measuring using…sticks!
Upper elementary classroom tips and ideas with a focus on classroom management, student engagement, & cooperative learning.
I'm working on left and right with one of my clients. Here are 24 flash cards that we will pair with a fun game like Pop-Up Pirate! Click here to download!
4 Tips to Help Your Students Develop Respect for Classroom Materials Expectations % %
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The fall season is here friends. That means that all of my fall faves are out and that you can get yours now too!
