This school year marked year #16 for me. I am finding it very hard to believe that there are only 6 short weeks left, and I am dreading saying good-bye to
students might need some direction to find missing lengths first the bottom right hand one (4) can be worked out a fine problem from Khan academy NCTM problem maths challenge 39 students aim for a generalisation, which they may be able to prove
The beginning of a new school year is exciting but can also be a little bit nerve-racking for children and teachers alike! The first days need to fulfil several objectives including allowing everybody to settle in, to begin to re-connect/make new connections and to be filled with enthusiasm for the year ahead. Whole school or class projects are a great way to start the year with a bang, so here are 16 ideas to inspire and make everybody feel part of the team.
I choose to teach my kids responsibility and life skills through chores. Check out the 16 age appropriate chores for 6 and 7 year olds.
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Explore easy classroom management strategies and ideas from other teachers to keep the classroom running smoothly and meet the 3 C's.
If you know little about dyslexia, you may be wondering, how to know if someone is dyslexic or not. There are quite a few signs of dyslexia that are easy to observe.
Check out the top 20 ESL animal activities and games, along with worksheets, lesson plans and other recommendations for teaching English.
Teaching about the Renaissance this year? Grab these hands-on activities for studying the Renaissance in your homeschool.
I am back in the classroom at Keller Elementary in Green Bay after taking a year off to be home with my three little ones. I am blessed beyond belief to be able to work only two days a week and have the rest off to be home with my kids! This year I am back at a school I taught at three years ago for three years! I only know a few students that I taught in first grade and are now in fifth grade! It almost made me teary eyed as they came down the hallway towards the art room. They looked just as I remembered them, only taller! I wanted to dive right in and make some collaborative art to hang in the empty halls. With the older grades, third, fourth and fifth we studied the life and work of the American graffiti artist Keith Haring through power point. Students then worked collaboratively to draw and paint on a large paper in the style of Haring. The students loved painting on the first day of school! I'm so excited to be teaching again this year. I have a feeling this is going to be the best year yet!
One of the best things to do on the first day of school is plan cooperative learning activities where students can get to know one another.
The last day of the school year can be pretty bittersweet. On the one hand, you and your child are saying good-bye to another chapter of life, and that can be
Community Helpers Unit - Centers and WorksheetsThis adorable set includes 16, pretend play, interactive centers and 15 black and white printable worksheets for a Community Helpers preschool or kindergarten unit. The centers work on Letter Recognition, Number Recognition, Counting, Fine Motor skills,...
In a world of darkness, what does it mean to be the light-Matthew 5:16. Practical tips, scriptures, songs, & resources linked to teach our children.
I am so excited to share that first grade no prep packs are here! This resource makes it so easy to teach the first grade standards for math, reading, phonics and writing. No more searching for high quality, engaging worksheets and activities.. they are all here. Plus I am sharing thr
Prayer games provide a way for kids to learn about prayer and grow in their faith. Kids' prayers typically come in different games designed for different age ranges, but all students should be
Students will learn about the artist Durer and Negative space while experimenting with printmaking! (Info about permissions)
One of the best things to do on the first day of school is plan cooperative learning activities where students can get to know one another.
The first day of school is full of so many things: anticipation, wide-eyes, school supplies, new faces, maybe a few butterflies. And I...
What reading strategies do students need to know? Find out here and keep track with a free chart!
Die Lernwerkstatt “Bundesländer Deutschlands“ beschäftigt sich mit den 16 Bundesländern Deutschlands und soll einen guten Überblick über das Land selbst biet
This activity has 16 cards on solving 4 multi-step equations. Students will need to glue the cards according to the next step in solving the multi-step equation. This is a great activity that has students thinking about the next step in solving a problem. This activity works well in groups of 2-4 and can be laminated so that you can use it year after year. You could also have students glue it into their interactive notebooks.
Inspire students in upper elementary, middle, and high school to achieve their goals with a structured One Word Resolution project. A Word of the Year activity is a great way to encourage a growth mindset, while teaching students how to set and accomplish their goals.
Since my oldest is starting school this week I thought I would get some things together for my youngest son to do while he’s stuck at home with Momma. He will be 4 in September and we probably won’t be doing any sort of preschool for him, but we haven’t yet decided. In the meantime...Read More »
WHAT IS SUBITIZING? Subitizing is not a term that we use often, but it is an important mathematical concept that can greatly benefit student
I'm sharing my favorite homeschool curriculum for kindergarten! Here are my best tools and tips for a simple and successful kindergarten year!
I have a confession, number lines are my favorite tools for adding and subtracting with my young learners. I always teach how to use them, but I don't spend very much time on them. My main issue is
Start your year off right with this student information sheet with a hollywood/movies theme. Great first morning activity, or get to know you activity.
As teachers, we know the value of having good attention getters to quiet noisy classrooms. I have always wanted a comprehensive list of all of the best attention getters in one spot. So, I decided to poll the Education to the Core Community to see what we could come up with. If you are in need of some great attention getters to quiet your classroom, this list is just for you! Here is the best part: You can pin it and save it for when you need them on the fly!
Planning to tutor over the summer? Here are tips for quick and easy planning! Hi there! It's Sarah! I've been tutoring kiddos for the last year and have developed a routine that makes my planning easy and my session flow smoothly. All of the kiddos I tutor are grades K-2 and in need of a boost in their reading skills...fluency, comprehension, and phonics. Warm-up I like to start with some reading that is simple or familiar. I'll either have the kiddo re-read a text from the previous session or read fluency sentences. I have my kiddos keep a composition notebook with past passages to go back and re-read. I use lots of guided reader books to find the just right text for my kiddos to read. These are also great books to leave for kiddos to practice between sessions. Fluency sentence strips from The Moffatt Girls are a GREAT help to boost fluency and confidence! They are also super easy to leave for practice between sessions. Fluency Reading Practice My kiddos have all had good sight word recognition and really need fluency work. I switch between leveled readers and text passages. I usually have kiddos read the text themselves first. After reading, we go back through the text and find words that were tricky and read them. Next, I have the kiddo read through the text with me or by themselves if they are confident. Using a leveled reader Using fluency passages and recording words read per minute (the kiddos love to see their growth!) Find these fluency passages HERE! Using text evidence passages. Grab these passages HERE! Comprehension After some fluency practice with the selected text, I move into comprehension work. In our district, kiddos need to do a written response comprehension question as part of their reading assessment. I have my kiddos practice a written response question with every text and in every session. Comprehension with level reader I use these question stems to develop questions based on the text. Grab the question stems HERE! Completed written response, kiddos write in their composition journal Comprehension with text evidence passages. Grab these passages HERE! Here I use a reading passage with several comprehension tasks for a 2nd grade kiddo. Find these reading passage + comprehension packets HERE! Phonics After the reading and comprehension tasks are complete, I work on some phonics task with my kiddos. One of my favorite tasks is doing a word family word splash. I select a word from our text. I like how this tasks shows kiddos that if they can spell a work like bat, they can also spell cat, mat, sat, etc. Writing short sentences with words from the Word Family Splash Word building and sounding out Extras I like to use phonics poems as an additional fluency tool. The kiddos glue them into their composition notebook so they can go back and re-read between sessions, continuing to build fluency with familiar texts. These phonics poems are from Susan Jones. I use our Literacy Bags in between reading tasks. Literacy Bags break up the rigorous reading and fluency practice we do for much of the session. You can find Literacy Bags HERE! I'm working with a few Kindergartners who need sight word practice. I use the K version of our Differentiated Reading Fluency passages. In K, the passages start as reading letters, then sight words fluently. It perfect support for my K kiddos! You can grab these HERE! Additionally, our Print a Standard packs have been a great support for targeting specific skills students need to work on. Each pack contains tasks for one standard and has several activities for that standard, so there are a lot of opportunities to help the student learn, practice, and master standards based skills. You can grab Print a Standard packs for ELA AND MATH HERE! Connecting with students and parents on a more personal level is the best part of tutoring. I love giving kiddos instant feedback and celebrating their successes! I also love that I can give them more choices to foster a love of reading. In the picture above, I'm showing several text selections. The kiddos I'm working with is able to choose the book he'll read with me for the session. I also love being able to help parents foster learning at home. I've found most all of my parents did not really know about their kiddo's reading level or reading abilities. This makes it difficult for parents to find the best "just right" books for reading at home. After I work with a kiddo, I leave the text piece we worked on for that session (a passage or a book) so the kiddo can re-read it with parents. I leave their composition notebooks with phonics poems for the kiddos to go back a re-read. I also leave the fluency sentence strips for practice between sessions.
I finally nailed teaching symbolism! Using candy was both engaging and efficient - a major win that students remembered all year long!
Graphing and Data Analysis in first grade can seem daunting but it is actually a really fun math concept because it is so visual. Kids "get ...
