Most people (including teachers!) hear the word “grammar” and start to cringe. It can be fairly dull and boring, and it seems like you’re teaching these kids the same stuff over and over. Plus, you teach all these “rules” and then you teach about all of these exceptions to the
Christmas is my absolute favorite time of year! There are only 7 weeks until Christmas… which means it’s time to start planning for some of my favorite lessons. Here are seven of my favorite Christmas-themed activities with a couple freebies so you can try them in your classroom! 1. Wreath
This is the most satisfying step in the writing process- publishing! And we made it!Missed our earlier steps? Check my earlier posts for how to engage students and get them excited about writing using pre-writing organizers (free!) all about writing conference I’m so excited for this part- and your kids are excited too!
Can you believe it? The end of the year is soooooooooo soon. We came back from spring break (which was earlier than usual this year) and I was shocked to find there were less than 50 teaching days left. How am I going to fit it all in? What can
So far, we’ve gotten students engaged here and we’ve done all of the pre-writing organizing here…now it’s time for writing conferences. You as the teacher need to meet with students and the students need to meet with their peers also. Here’s the thing about writing conferences…they take time. Some are longer
Last time we talked about getting kids excited about writing and having them engaged, but now that you’ve sold them on writing, what’s next? Pre-writing strategies Pre-writing comes in so many different forms, and it’s a crucial step in the writing process. But how do you get kids started? Your
Teaching writing can be very tricky because there are so many different kinds. There’s narrative, informative, persuasive, and poetic writings. How can you handle all of that?? This blog series is going to go over different parts of teaching writing and how we can truly reach our students. Our first
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