A Digital Morning Meeting is the perfect way to start the day whether you are in the classroom or doing distance learning. Trying to keep students 6 feet apart while on the carpet for a traditional morning meeting will be extremely difficult, especially for young students. This Digital Morning Meeting allows you to project the meeting topics while students are safely in their designated spaces.
A Digital Morning Meeting is the perfect way to start the day whether you are in the classroom or doing distance learning. Trying to keep students 6 feet apart while on the carpet for a traditional morning meeting will be extremely difficult, especially for young students. This Digital Morning Meeting allows you to project the meeting topics while students are safely in their designated spaces.
A Digital Morning Meeting is the perfect way to start the day whether you are in the classroom or teaching virtually. Students will be engaged while you work through each of the sections together as a class. Review phonics, math, and vocabulary, and have wonderful and engaging discussions every single morning.
One question that I get asked more often than any other question is, “What is your daily schedule?” Of course, every teacher’s schedule will look a little different depending on start and end times, recess and lunch schedules, and plan times, but I’m guessing that most of us have at least some things in common…
Word Work is such an important skill to practice in the primary classroom. Word Work, or word study, is often considered “spelling practice” in classrooms. While word study does involve learning to spell words, it is not your traditional spelling practice of simply memorizing words for a spelling test. Word Work involves learning the patterns…
Every year, a couple of weeks before school starts, I start purchasing things that I need for the school year. I always seem to find myself wracking my brain to try and remember everything that I need to get. I decided to make a list of items that I buy EVERY SINGLE YEAR before the…
This 5-Step Fluency (The Ultimate Bundle) includes 7 5-Step Fluency products to meet all the needs of your students. Students love using this unique format because they get repeated practice, but in a fun and engaging way.
Time spent in small reading groups is so important, and we have to make the most of our time while I have them at my reading table. I like to start with some type of quick warm up to get their brains working before we get into our lesson. I was constantly scrambling to come…
Teaching phonics is an essential skill for readers, but if it’s not jazzed up, it can be downright borrrring for kids. I absolutely LOVE teaching phonics. I enjoy seeing my students put the puzzle pieces of phonics together to make words and having it all make sense to them. Even my higher readers need to…
Keeping your students engaged in your classroom during the busy holiday season can be tough. I put together a list of 5 Ways to Keep Your Students Engaged During the Holiday Season that I hope will help relieve some of the “craziness” that can occur in even the best students during the month of December….
“I’m done. Â What do I do now?” Â I know you’ve heard this. Â My go-to answer is almost always “Go read a book.” Â This is always a great choice, but I also wanted to come up with a way for my students to have some other options. Â This Interactive Task Folder was the perfect answer. After…
Playing games in your classroom is the perfect way to review skills while keeping students engaged in their learning. I like to make sure that I always have some games prepped and ready to go. Not only do I purposefully place games into my lesson plans for the week, but I also use games when…
