St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Fun in the Classroom during March
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
The last few weeks of school bring a very specific kind of energy. Students are restless, afternoons feel long, and focus drops fast. At the same time, the daily schedule…
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