Author: Jessica Boschen

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.

Teacher Professional Practice

Easy Meal Planning for Teachers – Quick, Low-Stress Ideas for Busy Educators

Teaching is stressful. After planning instruction all day long the last thing I wanted to do was plan for dinner at home. At the same time, our family needed to…

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Differentiation | English Learners

What are the Components of Academic Language?

Some students, including English learners or impoverished children, come to school not having the academic language at their fingertips to express their thinking. They have great things going on in…

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Differentiation

Students with IEPs – Tips to Collaborating with Service Providers

Do you have students in your classroom with IEPs? Students with IEPs often have unique challenges in the general classroom setting and those challenges can be very diverse, from academic…

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Teacher Professional Practice

30 Ways Teachers can Destress in September

Are you stressed out? Do you feel your heart rate increase with each small thing you have to do? Teachers are under an enormous amount of stress. We need to be mindful of how we handle the stress we encounter while teaching. Here are some ideas that you can start today!

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Math

Make 10 Strategy – Develop 10 as a Benchmark Number

Teaching students to use 10 as a benchmark number is one of the most effective ways to build strong number sense in early elementary math. When students understand how to…

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Back-to-School

Back to School Tips for Teachers: How to Prepare Before the First Day

These back to school tips for teachers come from years of first days — the ones that felt seamless and the ones that didn’t. The difference almost always came down…

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Instructional Strategies

Foster Creativity in the Classroom

In our classrooms these days, it’s not often that we have the opportunity to foster creativity. Think about the amount of art you do in the classroom. How much is…

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Back-to-School

Best School Supplies for Teachers: What I Use Every Day

Every year I add to my list of school supplies for teachers that I cannot imagine being without. Some of these I have used since my first year in the…

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Math

Mathematical Practice Discussion Cards Get Students Talking about Math

One of the most challenging things in my elementary classroom is to move students away from getting an answer in math to talking about and discussing strategies. When students learn…

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Math

Why “Keyword” Strategies for Word Problems Don’t Work

As an elementary school teacher, you know all too well the importance of helping your students develop their math skills. As a result, many of us have embraced the use…

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Math

How to Teach Word Problems: Strategies and Lesson Plans for Addition and Subtraction

A second grader reads, “Maya had 14 stickers. She gave 6 to her brother. How many does she have now?” Knowing how to teach word problems means knowing why this…

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Classroom Management

9 of the Best Ways to Teach Responsibility in the Elementary Classroom

Is it possible to teach responsibility in the elementary classroom? Absolutely! Responsibility is a trait that can be learned and developed at any age. Here are a few ideas to…

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