I love integrating holidays into my teaching, but my admin has always been big on not using “fluff” activities. So when I’m planning math lessons for December, I’m all…
If you’re looking for engagement in your social studies lessons, primary sources are it! They get kids talking, thinking, and connecting to history. Plus, they help make social studies…
As Thanksgiving approaches, you may be looking for activities that integrate the holiday but aren’t just fluff. That’s why I’m sharing some of my favorite Thanksgiving reading activities for…
Looking for ideas to practice decimal place value? If your students are anything like mine, they need FUN ways to review decimals that go beyond worksheets and place value…
There are so many ways to teach informational text in the upper grades. One way that worked well for me was to teach the different reading strategies students should…
If you teach elementary students, then you know October can be one of the craziest months of the year. Students seem to get the Halloween sillies weeks before the…
