Connect learning with real life using projects and activities in upper elementary!
The holidays are quickly approaching…and student attention spans are quickly fading. Do you notice more behavior issues around the holiday season? Decline in attention span? Decline in engagement in activities? Kids are just so excited for the holiday season and break from school…can you blame them?! Below are a few ideas to keep kids engaged and learning all the way… Read More
Are you feeling the pressure of “teaching to the test” to ensure passing scores on those standardized tests? I was too, until I stepped outside the box, and thought, why am I not teaching word prefixes and suffixes? There is just no practical way to teach my students all of the vocabulary words they may possibly encounter when taking a… Read More
How do you help students understand story elements? The plot diagram is a go to classic…but HOW are you using it? I’ll give you a few tips to really knock this one out of the park. Hint: It starts out with a read aloud picture book. Read a short picture book to your class (yes a picture book!) I… Read More