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.

Classroom Management

Daily Behavior Chart for Elementary Students (Free)

Some students keep breaking the rules no matter how many warnings I give, and they need feedback more often than the rest of the class. A daily behavior chart gives…

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Reading | Writing

African Animals for Kids Informational Text Articles About Animals

Engaging students in reading and writing about high-interest topics, like African animals for kids, can be achieved through the use of real text. Students need on-level information text in order…

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Classroom Management

Six Ways to Create Student Buy-In

Are your students not participating in class? Or do you need help motivate your students? Here are six ways that I create student buy-in in my classroom. They’re small, little things you can do in your classroom to help students take ownership of their learning and their classroom #classroommanagement #studentbuyin

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Goal Setting

Goals for Elementary Students: A List + Lesson Plan for K–5 Classrooms

Do your students struggle to set goals and action steps to accomplish them? This post outlines a lesson I taught my second-grade students to help them brainstorm and see the…

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Earth Science | Differentiation | English Learners

Sentence Frames for Science: Teaching Academic Language with Familiar Content

When students struggle to talk about science content, the problem often isn’t the concept — it’s the language. Sentence frames for science give students a structure for practicing academic language…

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Instructional Strategies

7 Anchor Chart Tips to Create Eye-Catching Posters for Your Students

Anchor charts are an excellent teaching resource when used well. Throughout the years, I’ve figured out a few things that have made anchor chart creation just a little bit easier,…

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Writing

Helping Students Expand Informational Writing One Sentence at a Time

Many students can identify strong facts during informational writing, yet still struggle to turn those facts into clear, meaningful sentences. They know what they want to say, but not how…

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Goal Setting

Set Specific Learning Goals with Students

How do you set specific learning goals with students? How do you help them choose the best goal for themselves, make it specific and measurable, grade-level appropriate, and more? How…

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Goal Setting

Goal Setting for Elementary Students: SMART Goals and Examples

Goal setting is a skill that doesn’t come naturally to most elementary students—and, honestly, it doesn’t come naturally to most adults either. When I first started teaching students to set…

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Instructional Strategies

Collaborative Learning – Teach Students to Work Together in Small Groups

Learning how to work together is SO important. Students need purposeful activities that engage them in team building and group work. Most of what the workplace requires these days is…

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Back-to-School | Teacher Professional Practice

How to Create a Classroom Daily Schedule for Elementary Students

Setting up your classroom daily schedule at the start of the year is one of those tasks that sounds manageable until you’re actually doing it. You have reading, math, writing,…

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Back-to-School

2014 – 2015 Second Grade Classroom

I was able to go in and get my keys yesterday. We don’t start school for two more weeks, but I have bits of things scheduled here and there, so…

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