Fun and Practical Ideas for Primary Classrooms
In Part One, I talked about how I’ve been doing a poem or song of the week for my entire teaching career (mostly First Grade) and I gave the basics of where this fits into my day and how it works in my classroom.If you missed anything, check outPart One-The “Who, What, When, Where, Why, How” of Poem of the… Read More
A Poem of the Week is a fantastic routine to implement during your literacy block with young and emergent readers. It works for Pre-K students as well as Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade. I’ve been doing a poem or song of the week for my entire teaching career (mostly First Grade) and it’s one of my favorite and most… Read More
I don’t do a big countdown or anything toward the end of the year, but nevertheless, the kiddos know the end of the school year is coming!! So, I’ve developed some things over the years that help us embrace the chaos while still working hard and staying on track!! I’ve also learned over the years, that no matter where you… Read More
1. TIME I already have a hard enough time fitting everything in to our regular classroom day! If I have games, activities, all kinds of junk food, meltdowns, etc….that is taking up some very valuable instruction time for me and I just can’t justify it! 2. HEALTHY EATING/FOOD ALLERGIES One: I feel like most kids get enough… Read More
Science Notebooks are my favorite part of science lessons in my classroom! They are low-prep, can be used with any science curriculum or STEM activities, and are so meaningful and full of amazing thoughts from my 1st graders. As a new teacher many years ago, I kind of dreaded science because I was always looking for response sheets or activities… Read More
