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When Setting Up Your Elementary Classroom Transform Your Classroom into an Encouraging and Supportive Space The colors and setup of your classroom send the first message to anyone who walks in. Let it be one of warmth, acceptance, and community. Picture you and your students walking into a classroom that feels like a sanctuary—bright, organized, […]
Starting Strong: A Guide to Teaching Writing in Upper Elementary Classrooms (part 1) Picture this: You are ready to start teaching writing! It’s the first day of writing workshop, and you see your students sitting at their desks, pencils poised, faces full of anticipation—and a little bit of anxiety. You know that some of […]
Unleash the Magic of Poetry in Your Elementary Classroom. 5 Simple Strategies You Need to Try Imagine this: you walk into your classroom on a sunny Monday morning, coffee in hand, ready to tackle another week. As you glance at the chalkboard, you see a little note left by one of your students: “Roses are […]
Unleash the Weather Writer in Your Students: Easy, Quick, and Creative Ways to Get Them Writing About the Weather Do you know how much a cloud weighs? Did you know it could be as much as 1.1 million pounds? Imagine explaining that to your room full of curious students. And What if your students could […]
End the Year Perfectly. 5 Activities to Include in Your End-of-the-Year Events It’s that time of year again. The state tests are in full swing, faculty meetings are full of end-of-year procedures, and you have probably begun to hoard your Amazon boxes to pack up your classrooms in a few more weeks (because the two […]
Fostering Success in Elementary Writing. Vocabulary is the key. As elementary educators, we hold the key to unlocking this beautiful world of imagination and creativity for our young learners through the art of writing. At the heart of this incredible experience lies the essential foundation of vocabulary. These words are the building blocks that can […]
Embrace Spring: Bring Your Writing Lessons to Life with These 5 Writing Ideas Spring is coming! The earth is warming up and beginning to awaken. As the colors Spring forth, now is the perfect time to carry your writing instruction past the four walls of your classroom. Because as the world wakes up, so do […]
Keep Your Students Happy, Busy, and Learning in the Classroom. Candy. Chocolate. Flowers. Love. Pink. Fluff. Glitter. Plushies. And if you are a teacher, several more mugs. What is it? Valentine’s Day. Someone was a marketing genius and made a holiday out of a rather tragic story. And whether you choose to celebrate it or […]
Don’t let the after-holiday blues rob you of the magic of the rest of the winter season. “It’s just depressing. Nothing good happens in January.” These are the thoughts one of my students shared on the first day after the winter holidays. I am sure you have heard the same and thought it yourself. I […]