An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.
A blog about sharing elementary art lessons. With a twist of fun on the side.
The following is a guest post from Dr. Jacie Maslyk . If you teach in the upper elementary grades 3-5, you know that a great piece of children’s literature can help to set the stage for any STEM lesson or an engaging engineering design challenge. You may have your own “go-to” read alouds , but
The CUBES math word problem strategy gives students a step-by-step plan for math story problems. Give your students a solid strategy.
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Analyzing poetry is a skill all our students need to develop. While students are required to investigate poems often, poetry analysis is s...
Fern Smith's Science Notebook FREE Notes Page.
The sections of the book for part 7 today are pretty short and to the point. The first section introduces the questions that accompany ...
My Favorite Halloween Activities for Upper Grades. Elementary & Middle School students will love these Halloween Digital & Printable Games. Use for a Virtual Halloween Classroom Party, as a Halloween Math Center. Includes Halloween Writing Projects, Halloween Math Digital Worksheets, FREE Downloads & Printables. Halloween Art Project. 4th grade, 5th Grade, 6th grade students will love the Spooky Figurative Language Poetry Halloween project! Great Halloween ELA project. 5th grade FUN party ideas
Introducing multiplication with these activities for arrays, repeated addition, and equal groups is perfect for your 2nd grade & 3rd grade students!
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Our oldest is heading into her last year of elementary school! Check out our 5th grade homeschool curriculum choices for this coming year.
Managing time is not easy, especially if you have many things to accomplish. Here are the best homework planners that you can download and use for free.
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Love podcasts? Check out this post in the form of a podcast episode on The Classroom Commute
so summer is here.the kids are home with no routine.how does it creep up on me every single year?!!we need that summer list made.we need a plan and a bit of a schedule.more reading and drawing.less tv.more crafting and baking.less screen time.more swimming. more sunshine.less…
STEM Bins for Elementary Students “I’m finished! What do I do now?” How many times during our teaching day do we hear these words from our students? Oftentimes, it is much too often, and students are provided a handful of the same options to keep them busy until our next transition. Sometimes students are instructed...
Give your students a leg up on composing, editing, punctuation, and so much more with these terrific writing anchor charts.
Follow these step-by-step directions, and you too do can draw a reindeer. Awesome Christmas directed drawing idea for kids at home or in the classroom. Reindeer book list included.
A fun way to incorporate an Easter Egg Hunt into your standardized test prep for any subject area! Tips for setting up the hunt and keeping the rigor high.
