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One more week and the kids arrive! I’m frantically trying to squeeze in a few quick trips before heading back but really, teaching never completely
One more week and the kids arrive! I’m frantically trying to squeeze in a few quick trips before heading back but really, teaching never completely
Teaching paragraph writing is crucial in my mind. When you consider all the reports and papers a student will need to write during his/her school
Last week in reading in my fourth and fifth grade class, we started to focus on the very important foundational skill of making inferences. This
This is the last of four in my series on Teaching Paragraph Writing. If you’ve been following along, you know that we’ve discussed Topic Sentences,
Teaching text evidence can be challenging…but it can also be a lot of fun! Want to find out how to lead your students step by
Teaching conclusions is one of the most difficult parts of teaching students to write well-written paragraphs. Students may be able to write a topic sentence
Starting a new school year is never easy. Besides all the bulletin boards to put up, the copies to be made and the plans to
It’s one thing to teach concepts like characters, setting, and plot. Most kids get these without too much trouble, but it’s another thing to teach
Games are an important part of math class, in my opinion. Not only are kids able to practice the skills that we have been focusing
Teaching about character traits in reading can be challenging but fun! One of the hardest parts for kids is that in most pieces of literature,
I really get into Christmas! I love the decorations, the music, the feelings of goodwill. Most importantly, I love the activities we do in the
When I teach one of reading’s key concepts, finding the main idea using informational text, I like to start off the unit with something really
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