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.
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.
Community circle questions are one of the easiest ways to create small, intentional moments of sharing and listening in your classroom. Use them during class meetings, morning circle time, or…
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…
Are you considering the implementation of goal setting with students in your classroom? Do you want to know how to set goals for your students effectively? Incorporating goal setting in…
Fun and engaging phonics partner games that help students practice decoding two-syllable words. These partner games are designed to give students extra practice decoding compound and multisyllabic words.
We all have students in our classrooms who misspell irregular sight words. How do you help your students learn to correctly write these difficult to spell words? This Irregular Words Bookmark is the perfect tool for students to use when writing.