Jessica shares her passion for teaching and education on What I Have Learned. Jessica has 16 years of elementary teaching experience and currently homeschools her two middle school boys. She enjoys scaffolding learning for students, focusing on helping our most challenging learners achieve success in all academic areas.
Did you know that giving thanks can actually make students happier? A Thanksgiving thankful flapbook writing activity is a meaningful way to help 2nd and 3rd grade students reflect on…
As a child, I was utterly fascinated by earthquakes and volcanoes. Never mind that I lived nowhere near a faultline or plate boundary and would likely never experience these phenomena…
Can your 4th Grade students explain the effects water, ice, wind, and vegetation have on landscapes? Do they understand how the locations of mountain ranges or ocean trenches show patterns…
Teach students about plate tectonics and how the plates interact with one another with a Plate Boundaries Sort that is aligned with the Next Generation Science Stations for Fourth Grade….
This 5E Unit Plan for Energy in Motion is a science resource fourth grade teachers can use to plan and implement inquiry-based science instruction about Energy in Motion. The 5E lesson…
Once students can state an opinion and give reasons, the next challenge is helping them bring their writing to a clear close with an effective conclusion statement. How can we…
How do you teach students to support opinions with reasons? Many students can tell you what they think, but they often struggle to explain why. This post focuses on teaching…
As students move through opinion writing, they eventually reach a point where stating an opinion and giving reasons is no longer the hard part. The next challenge is helping them…
How do you help elementary students solidify their knowledge of how to write an opinion piece? While you go through an opinion writing unit, there are a few classroom strategies…
These fifth grade Conservation of Mass Science Stations include eight different science stations where students learn about the conservation of mass. Students work with chemical and physical changes, dissolvable solids,…
These days, there is a ton of great literature that lends itself to opinion writing. Not only do mentor texts for opinion writing contain a fun and engaging story, but…
Children love sharing their opinions. They try to convince parents to buy a toy, choose a TV show, or serve dessert first. In second grade, students already know what they…
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