Seasonal themes make it easier to keep students engaged throughout the year while still teaching the skills you need to teach. From back-to-school routines to end-of-year reflection, seasonal activities can support classroom community, academic practice, and a little extra fun when everyone needs it most.
The Look How I Have Grown Spring Craftivity is the perfect Open House craft for the classroom. In this engaging writing activity, students can reflect on all that they have learned throughout the year….
St. Patrick’s Day is approaching. Do you celebrate this holiday with your students in March? I definitely don’t go all out with making leprechaun traps and pretend visitors, but we…
FREE Martin Luther King Jr. Ideas for the elementary classroom! I love teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.: I get to introduce my students to a great person in our nation’s history, and it kicks off our biography units. I always model reading and writing a biography by writing one about Martin Luther King Jr.
Ahhh . . . that first week back from the two-week long Holiday Break. Students (and you) have to get up early again, get back into the school routine, and…
This elementary Thanksgiving unit helps students understand the events leading up to the first Thanksgiving and gives them tools to make connections between those events. By the end of the…
We did a fun measurement activity on Halloween. We measured pumpkins in both centimeters and inches and figured out which measurement tool is the best for measuring different attributes of pumpkins. Day 2 we reflected on our learning and made some generalizations about measuring objects.
We started our measurement unit this Fall by measuring the attributes of pumpkins. Students had fun working with their team to explore their pumpkins AND this pumpkin activity made a great introduction to measurement. Get a FREE copy of the student sheets for this pumpkin exploration!
October is the perfect time to study and write about creatures that come out at night. Bats, spiders, owls . . . this month is filled with creepy creatures that…
Our favorite October picture books for the primary classroom that are engaging, have good pictures and are well received by my students. These are our classroom favorites that I go back to each and every year during the fall season.
It’s that time of the year again – back-to-school season! Are you feeling prepared for all that awaits you? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Here are nine invaluable tips…
Ahhh, summer break—that magical time of year every teacher thinks about during the stressful moments of the school year. Summer is the time of year when both teachers and students…
Do you have difficulty writing letters home to parents? What do you say? What kind news from the classroom do they want to hear? How do you not make it…
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