Getting started with coding in the classroom doesn’t have to be scary or intimidating! You don’t have to have a background in computer science to teach it, and you don’t even need expensive robots or technology to get started! WHY Teach Coding?

Man oh man have I been busy. I have so much stuff to upload for you guys!!! I just don't know what to use... Scribed? Google Docs? There are so many choices. But I need to decide and get on it because... I want to share with you! Yes I do! I wanna share with you! I missed my calling as a cheerleader. We have been hard at work using our Word Doctor. Thank You Cara Carroll for the original idea! I decided to get super cute and for the week on compound words, I made him a dentist. Yep. I dressed him in a Hawaiian shirt I put floss in the pocket, toothbrush, and toothpaste in his hand and... Vwal-la Dentist! Here is the good doctor's schedule Anchor Chart Now what you are looking at is the close up of what was hanging on the bulletin board. I love boards that I can use for the whole month As the month drags on goes on, I staple the new but related activities right on top of the prior one. Once I am done, I pull them down and make a book. By I, I mean, my room moms. I love them and I owe them everything! Here is one of my lovebug's books. I ummmmm borrowed this mask from my doctors office without asking. I also thought for sanitary reasons he would not want it back. So I'm not going to mention it to the doctor. I put a clean tissue inside for each student before each photograph to keep down the germ factor. Only 17 of my kids were absent with the flu 4 days later (just kidding) Compound Words I typed up a whole bunch and let the kids cut them apart and band aid them back together. We all did the word surgery. It was just fitting for first grade. All in all, bought 3 boxes of cheap band aids for my class of 26 kids. I was only 3 band aids short. I borrowed those from the nurses office. You guys wont tell will you? More fun coming your way! Stuff to scan and load for you!

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Create a sub plan so that you are good to go in the event of needing a substitute teacher as an art teacher or music teacher can make your life easier. There are many tips on putting together a sub plan and here are a few to get your started.

We'd like to share this critical thinking skills cheatsheet for you to use with your students. Get them asking questions on any topic! Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)

Many would agree that for inquiry to be alive and well in a classroom that, amongst other things, the teacher needs to be expert at asking strategic questions. With that in mind, if you are a new teacher or perhaps not so new but know that question-asking is an area where you'd like to grow, start tomorrow with these five ideas.

Get ideas for teaching the six syllable types to your students, details about my Syllable Types Resource and a FREE syllable types activity to get you started!

Let's dive into some new options to teach vocabulary, for those who have the time and energy to pursue them. In this post and podcast, I'm sharing ten ideas for making the study of vocabulary something students might even look forward to.

Are any of these ineffective teaching methods still part of your practice? Time to reconsider.

These fun coding books introduce kids to the basics of computer programming and writing their own software.

Y'all my office smells like something died. Seriously! It started about two weeks ago. I walked in and got hit with a pretty putrid smel...

You know those grammar errors your students make in 4th and 5th grade and are still making in high school? Yes, those.

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Have you ever had a class with so many difficult, disruptive students that you felt that you could barely even teach? What can you do to get past it? In this post, I am going to address this problem with my best advice, and some advice from others as well.

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Life is hard. Disappointments happen. Sometimes we lose when we deserve to win. Sometimes we win when we deserve to lose. As adults, we've had practice coping with letdowns. But for children, the pain is fresh and the wounds particularly deep. They're not prepared for unexpected blows, nor do they understand how a loss might benefit them long-term. One rejection can feel like the new norm, and with every subsequent defeat they may fear they'll never break the cycle. Once a…

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Executive functioning skills are some of the most foundational elements for academic and social success. They are the skills that help us to plan, stay organized, pay attention to important information, use strategies to get us back on track when we veer off course, be flexible when things don't go

The biggest barrier to teaching coding is the misconception that it is another skill that needs to be taught. In reality, coding is simply a tool that can be leveraged to teach standards in a more powerful, creative, and connected way!

Executed well, student-centered instructional methods can disarm some of the more intimidating parts of academia.

Your new favorite teaching strategy: This pared-down version of learning stations keeps the movement, interactivity and variety while minimizing the prep work.

Creative writers, this one's for you! A mood-words graphic that's making its way around the Internet charts the way 100 words describing various emotional states all boil down to fear, anger, happiness, anger, and disgust.

Get your students excited to learn about forces causing movement with these fun and engaging activities they will love.

Or, no one can avoid getting older, but everyone can prevent premature vocal aging by maintaining vocal and physical conditioning. April Brookins Duvic, Presenter – Vocal Music Program Direct…

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Back to School is right around the corner for us and I am SUPER excited to kick of this school year with some fun, hands-on and engaging resources for The

Artificial intelligence can help you write lesson plans faster -- and give you new ideas you might not consider. Here are some tips and strategies you can

This is a single page .docx file that I have used many times during small group instruction to improve reading comprehension with Reciprocal Teaching. I even used the poster machine at my school and laminated it so I would have a giant poster. ** Adapted from the work of Lori Oczkus author of Reciprocal Teaching at Work. ( IRA, 2010)** Author Website: http://www.lorioczkus.com

Some days you just need a break from the monotony! Preparing for exams, transitioning to a new unit, days when half your students are gone for a basketball tour

These ideas give active reading a whole new meaning.

I was hoping I would get to use this interactive notebook page idea next year. I'm a little sad that I won't! I was secretly hoping to teach pre-cal next year...not sure why... I found this small unit circle from Jean Adams on TpT. It's a free download. I like that it's small enough to fit in the notebook and still has room to label all of the important information. I also drew a little coordinate grid to help students remember where the x and y values are positive and negative. Sometimes it's nice to have a quick reference.

Too many classroom icebreakers require students to take big social risks with people they barely know. Or they don't really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy.

Virtual dissections can be a huge help in teaching science, biology, physiology and anatomy. Here are some of the best resources for your lessons and labs.

Free Anger and Feelings Worksheets for Kids

Full information about English phrasal verbs: What are they? How they are used? How to remember them? Many illustrations and examples.

These awesome ideas will come in handy one day. Or more than once. Who knows - you might even end up using them all with your class! This is a high quality print-friendly poster that you ca

Teaching similes and metaphors is the first step in moving your students beyond literal meaning and teaching them to mature as writers. Students need to see and hear figurative language many times before they will use it in their own... #ELAlessons #fifthgradesimiles #howtoteachfigurativelanguage

Learn about resources that make teaching irregular plural nouns and irregular verbs fun and easy to understand in 2nd grade.

An overall outlook on anxiety disorders, types of anxiety disorders, their symptoms, common risk factors involved, the aetiology of anxiety disorders as well as the treatments for anxiety disorders

Fun and engaging grammar games for your secondary ELA classroom! These grammar games will get your students collaborating, moving, and discussing those critical sentence structure and grammar skills! Bring fun to grammar instruction!

Add a bit of fun and creativity when teaching area and perimeter. Students get the chance to create their own robots using grid paper, solve for the body parts' areas and perimeters, and record them in the robot's speech bubble. Once your students complete the math work, let them get as creative a...

Section writing tips. Teaching English online has become more and more popular in recent years. Through the following courses below, we will show you how to adapt your existing skills and knowledge to suit this specific area of the teaching world.