Teaching geometry can be FUN! Take a look at these geometry videos, books, anchor charts, activities, games, and freebies! Perfect for 1st and 2nd grade!
I share about five things that are easy to do with almost every folk song that help to extend your teaching, expand student knowledge, and make life fun!
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What is an affix? At first glance, the words "affixes," "prefixes" and "suffixes" can seem a little confusing, but these grammatical elements of the English
Did you know that music therapy can be beneficial to both your mental and physical health? Learn all about it in this article!
If you want to teach your little ones about the concept of opposites you will want to check out these fun opposites worksheets and activities.
This simple brain worksheet PDF is designed to be an easily approachable visual teaching aid for all ages.
Are you required to teach a list of vocabulary words each week? This list of vocabulary activities will help teach students to read!
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?
I LOVE BOOKS!!! Yes, the paper kind.. I'm a little anti-digital when it comes to the printed word! I also love using them in the music room; they are a perfect vehicle to teach, review, sing, create, and play around with! Here are a few favorites; each one of these is a picture file you can download, print, and use! *A note about organization; begin to make an excel spreadsheet or word doc that includes grade levels you would use the book with, what skills/concepts can be taught, and when you might use this during the year; for example, when I introduce rests with kindergarten students in the spring after experiencing it, now we're ready to label it, I will put in my Kindergarten sheet, "Wide Mouthed Frog", SPRING, quarter notes, eighth notes, rest, LABEL rest, song, rhythm, Orff instruments. This helps me to keep track of not only what concepts/skills I can work on using that book, but when I might want to use it! Also, print a copy of the lesson, fold it and place it into the front page of the book! Sorry the Mitten in the Snow visual organization page is out of place.. couldn't move it and it's late.. :)
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Our little first graders will soon be introduced to the two sounds of “c” and “g”. Those two consonants are a bit tricky as they make different sounds depending upon the letter that follows in the wor
Music class is an active, engaging, and joyful experience! This is especially true when our musical activities are grounded in creative and intentional teaching strategies. One of the most important teaching strategies has to do with teaching the difference between steady beat and the rhythm of
Running out of tricks? Here are some quick ESL vocabulary games for kids that every teacher can rely on anytime of the day! No or little prep required!
Rituals play a big part in creating rhythm. Rituals are the repeated actions of our lives. The little details that bring something considered and thoughtful to a moment in the day. Those little details become rituals as we repeat them. We may not remember to repeat them each day, we may only remember sometimes, and …
This simple brain worksheet PDF is designed to be an easily approachable visual teaching aid for all ages.
Students learn in a variety of ways. Teaching English with hands-on activities can help language students learn and practice English vocabulary, grammar, concepts, and ideas. Here are six hands-on activities and games for teaching English + illustrations
A simple illustrated book used to help young children learn how to speak in German by teaching words and phrases. You can also read a copy of 'My Very First...
Working on helping kids understand big deal/little deal? Check out my size of the problem lesson and see if it'll work for you!
Hello Everyone! This week we will begin our study of nouns and verbs. I wanted to do a quick share of something my cuties will be working on. I love the story "The little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything." by Linda Williams. I plan on using this book to study several different things. First off? Nouns! I wrote a little noun song and plan to use it to find all the nouns in the story. I created a quick little cut and glue sorting activity with pics from the story and then a recording page for the kids to write the nouns. Here are a few sample pics of the unit. For your 9 page printable, click here! Unless you're afraid!! :) Keep an eye out for the Verb Unit that will go along with this story as well! Joyfully! Nancy
Our little first graders will soon be introduced to the two sounds of “c” and “g”. Those two consonants are a bit tricky as they make different sounds depending upon the letter that follows in the word. We typically teach students that the “hard” sounds of “c” and “g” occur most often, but they do […]
These fun, engaging, NO PREP word work activities help students practice their words effectively and are the perfect option for your 1st or 2nd grade class!
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.
Wondering about the order for teaching letters to your little ones? I'm on it! I feel as though I am always writing about waiting to teach letter recognition. Wait and let little hands get strengthened by other activities. Wait until little minds have had ample time to hear different words and sounds. But a day
Verbs in Latin can seem intimidating, but they're really not that bad! Let's walk through the basics o Latin verbs.
A 2-page worksheet with various exercises to practise the use of SOME/ANY/MUCH/MANY/A LOT OF/(A) FEW/(A) LITTLE. Suitable for elementary, pre-intermediate and intermediate learners. - ESL worksheets
Everything you need to know about teaching 5th grade categorized and organized by topic for easy reference.
This week I tried something new with the vocabulary in the story. I got the idea at a First Grade Conference in December. The student writes the vocabulary word in the middle of the sheet and then there are four things to do with the word. We completed two of the boxes together as a class and they finished the last two boxes independently. The kiddos sure had a great grasp of the vocabulary after this. When we read the story they had fantastic comprehension.
Do you have a budding engineer in the family? Check out these 25 simple activities for little engineers! #5 is my favorite!
Celebrating Think-Pair-Share, the Little Strategy That Could, and sharing some best practices for making it work for you.
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After the biochemistry unit, it’s pretty traditional to teach about cells next. During my first year, I struggled teaching this unit, because it feels so full of details with seemingly very little connection to each other. There is nothing worse than standing in front of a class and listing the organelle names and their […]
This blog post was so popular that I turned it into a book: 102 Little Drawings That Will Help You Remember English Rules FOREVER (Probably). It's available as an eBook and paperback. Click here to
Kids and young adults need extensive practice in strengthening their executive functioning skills. Executive functions are the processes in our brains that help us accomplish all tasks from beginning to end. We use them when we plan our day, organize our materials, begin a chore, focus on important
Learn about the phases of the moon with a favorite cookie. Here's how to make Oreo moon phases for fun edible astronomy.
Learn about play schemas and get activity ideas for each of the 9 play schemas. Transporting, positioning, connection, transforming...
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Read how I carried out an experiment on weathering and erosion with my upper elementary class. Students get to use background knowledge to make predictions!
