Connect learning with real life using projects and activities in upper elementary!
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
I’m going out on a limb with a message I feel is super important. Don’t read a novel to your upper elementary students the first week of school. Yes, really! Don’t do it! Instead, read picture books! Read lots of them! Picture books are fun! They aren’t just for little kids. Picture books are for big kids and adults, too. … Read More