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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 […]
Save Time Let’s Simplify the Classroom Set Up! Elementary Classroom Expectations It’s already the end of June, which means the next school year is starting soon, at least here in my part of the South, and teachers all over the nation are preparing to return to the classroom. It will soon be time to unpack […]
Creating a Positive Start to the Morning Routine Routines and Rituals in the Elementary Classroom Have you ever gotten to the end of your school year and, as you sit there in an exhausted heap after the kids leave, think, “I have to do something differently?” I have. I got tired of the same behavior […]
Use These Five Simple Suggestions to Help Build Strong Writers As a teacher, I love seeing understanding click into place for one of my students. It is even a bit sweeter when I know the student has been struggling. It’s confirmation that my instruction is on the right path, a little pat on the shoulder […]
Some of my favorite memories in the classroom center around taking my students out on their weekly nature journaling adventures. And based on their continued comments, even in later years, the students also loved the nature journaling. Whether it was helping our kindergarten book buddies delight over watching a bee pollinate a flower or walking […]
3 quick ways to help build a positive and encouraging classroom Positive Encouraging Empowered I was listing words out in preparation for writing this blog explaining why we, as teachers focus on ways to create encouraging classrooms and build classroom community for our students. I got hung up on the word empowered. That’s a great […]