Fun and Practical Ideas for Primary Classrooms
In Part One and Part Two, 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, how it works in my classroom, and what we do each day of the week.If you missed those posts, check… Read More
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 one of my favorite ways to get young students thinking, writing, drawing, and talking like scientists! They are low-prep, work with almost any science curriculum or STEM activity, and give students a place to record their observations and discoveries. Over the years, I’ve found that a few simple routines make science notebooks much more successful with young… Read More
