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This school year, I’m creating 150 brand new Esti-Mysteries. I’ll be posting a new one nearly every day for the rest of the school year – just like last year. This is my way of …
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a teaching approach to help all learners be successful. Read about UDL principals and the benefits of UDL for students.
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Give your children a cultural education by teaching them your family history. Use these 7 strategies to pass down your family's cultural heritage.
Students practice their multiplication skills using robots with wheels built from LEGO® MINDSTORMS® kits. They brainstorm distance travelled by the robots without physically measuring distance and then apply their math skills to correctly calculate the distance and compare their guesses with physical measurements. Through this activity, students estimate parameters other than by physically measuring them, practice multiplication, develop measuring skills, and use their creativity to come up with successful solutions.
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Over the last few months, I have received quite a few inquiries as to why I love LibGuides so much, so I thought it might be helpful to share a brief post highlighting my ten favorite features. In …
Whether this is your first fall in the social studies classroom or your twentieth, you’re likely looking for resources that will inspire curiosity, motivate discussion, and spark new ideas in your students. I find that inquiry-based instructional strategies are designed to do just that: they create an active and engaged classroom by offering a diverse […]
hold students accountable while they independently read with these easy to implement reading tips and tricks and strategies
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In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage students to follow three simple steps when writing reading responses, each with sentence frames and prompts to use: Step 1: What did you read? While reading... In chapter __ of... On page __ of... During today's reading of... Step 2: What happened in the text? Tell what a character said. Tell what a character did. Tell what a character thought, felt, or learned. Describe the setting. Describe an important event that occurred. Explain a problem that was encountered. Step 3: What did you think? This made me think... This made me realize... Based on this, I can infer... Based on this, I can predict... This reminded me of... I can relate to this because... I could visualize... I now understand... This three-step process encourages students to not only tell what happened in a text, but also reflect on what they thought or felt about what they read. Here is a sample response using these steps: I have included a FREE handout for you to share with your students to help guide them in writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. Click HERE download this FREEBIE. If you are looking for more resources for reading response, check out my Reading Response Journals for literature and non-fiction texts. These resources include anchor charts for different reading strategies and skills, as well as more specific sentence frames for the different skills. Click on the pics to learn more. Writing thoughtful reading responses is not always easy, but with a bit of guidance from using sentence frames and prompts, it will soon become second nature for students!!
We had our elementary career day on Friday at my school. It was a super fun day! I was very disappointed that I couldn't be there, but, my d...
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Here is a list of 14 essential educational apps for teachers, regardless of their student's grade level or subject matter.
What is the best way to teach main idea and details in your 1st or 2nd grade classroom? Peruse our collection of engaging ideas!
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Learn how to play this fun place value game and download your free Place Value Yahtzee score sheets.
Need a fun, tactile and engaging method to help little learners develop reading their sight words? These Sight Word Play Dough Mats will do just that!
Using learning stations is a fantastic way to increase engagement in the English Language Arts classroom. Learn more in this blog post.
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Classroom hacks that actually work in a special education classroom setting. Tried and true methods from actual teachers. Read to learn more.
