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.
Technical science terms can be hard for students to grasp, but creating a display or providing hands-on vocabulary activities helps them solidify their understanding of the new terms. These Science…
Animal reports are a common research project in elementary classrooms. Students read informational text, gather facts about animals, organize their notes, and turn their research into a written report or…
Do you need some ways for students to practice reading, writing, spelling, and working with VCE words or words with silent E? These phonics worksheets for VCE Words are great…
Help elementary students do animal research about gray wolves with this informational article, list of website resources, note-taking graphic organizers, and comprehension activities. What is included in the Gray Wolf…
Would you like some FREE Science Stations for your elementary classroom? We create rigorous science curriculum for second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade and we want to…
A fun Community Building Puzzle that is a great activity to engage students in working together at the beginning of the year or any time you need to build community in your elementary classroom. Students color the puzzle pieces and cooperatively put the puzzle together.
Classroom community doesn’t just happen—it’s built through small, intentional moments of sharing and listening. One of the easiest ways teachers create those moments is through community circle questions used during…
Teaching with these states of matter books will enhance your science instruction and build students’ background knowledge about the properties of matter. Along with the states of matter, students can…
Engaging second-grade science stations that follow the NGSS science standards for states of matter. These properties of matter science stations will have your 2nd-grade students focused on reading and writing…
Introducing opinion writing can feel tricky. Students often have strong opinions, but they don’t always understand why they are writing them or how opinions work in an academic setting. Before…
Do you need some ways for students to practice reading, writing, spelling, and working with blends? These phonics worksheets for initial and final blends are great for first-grade literacy centers,…
Help students learn about the three types of pollution and their effects on the environment through an easy-to-read and fun Pollution reading comprehension passage. Included are website QR codes for…
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