Hey friends! A few of my friends have asked me about Guided Reading Activities I use in my classroom. Teachers also wondered why I think it is a necessity to any ELEMENTARY Classroom. Yes, I just said Elementary. That means Kindergarten through Fifth Grade can use these guided reading activities. Guided reading activities are teaching …
Hey Friends! Sometimes in the crazy chaos life world of the classroom we forget the purpose of why we are there. Is it to make our students have the most AR points in the school? Is it to get the best prize in the school? No. The reason the students are there is to develop …
Hey friends. We are gearing up for Thanksgiving around our house tonight, but I thought I’d take a second to share with you some of the fun we’ve had in my first grade class working with maps ! Today I thought I’d share some ideas for teaching map skills for kids. Teaching Map Skills in …
Teaching About Elections in the Classroom This week we dove into election day and the voting process. In first grade, it’s a tough standard because it’s not very engaging and the students do not really have much real world application. This skill can be kind of boring for firsties so I tried to make it …
So my husband has this hobby–it’s called HUNTING! He spend countless hours in the woods…tracking, preparing and hunting animals! His hobby costs a few bucks here and there!! Many ask me “Why do you let him do that”…well, friends, this is a marriage, I’m not keeping him hostage! But don’t think I don’t get something …
So this year I’ve jumped in to this thing called “Balanced Literacy”. At first, I was a little nervous, unsure of the routines and the layout of the entire program. I always had a reading framework, and never thought I REALLY relied on it as much…until now 🙂 So getting through that initial place where …
As an elementary teacher, I find that the balanced literacy approach is something that I simply cannot live without. One approach that I’ve added to my day is that I try to add at least two content area centers throughout the week. We have seven stations a day, so that’s pretty easy for us to …