Do you teach the water cycle in your science instruction? If so- here are 5 books you might want to check out… The Water Cycle a Bobby Kalman book Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water by Robert E. Wells All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon and
An elementary classroom in December is an exciting place to be! Kiddos are so full of energy and excitement… sometimes it is hard to contain it all! Educational games are a great way to keep kids engaged and learning all the way up to Winter Break. Your kids will love
A necessary part of the school day for most teachers is the class restroom break. In my school our principal encouraged us to go to the restroom as a class to minimize the number of students out roaming the halls. In my class the kiddos had 4 scheduled opportunities to use
Do you read aloud to your kids everyday? Once upon a time in my classroom, read aloud was something I did if I had time, not a regular part of my schedule. I had all the reasons for skipping it- we had too much to get done, we had to get
Back to school is an exciting time! As a teacher, I am always ready to jump right in and get started! Of course, it is so important to take the time to establish routines and procedures and those things tend to fill up a majority of my time the first
It’s that time of year when we are all thinking about classroom organization and what we need to do to start preparing our classrooms for the upcoming year. I want to share with you a purchase I made at Wal-Mart a few years ago that has made my teacher life
We are rapidly coming down the stretch to the end of the year! I was talking to one of my teaching partners and we were discussing a project we had done last year to remind kids of our test taking strategies- and from that conversation a new idea was hatched… An end
Today we made our Valentine’s Day card holders. We choose to make ours at school so that everyone has one and they are all similar in scope and size. The only drawback with these is that they cannot fit all the candy that kids bring with their valentines, so I
Last week we took some time to learn about Author’s Purpose. My kids had some background knowledge, but needed a refresher course. We also needed to go a little deeper in understanding what it meant to persuade. We created a class anchor chart together and had a good discussion of the big
Today in class we learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. We watched a video on Discovery Education of the book Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport. The book is read aloud by Michael Clarke Duncan and is just beautiful- the illustrations, background music, and his deep voice come together to make a
I love creating engaging resources for elementary school students (specifically 2nd and 3rd graders) and teachers, too! I live in Independence, Missouri with my husband and pups!