15 Active Indoor Recess Games for Elementary Students
Indoor recess doesn’t have to mean quiet games and restless students. When kids miss outdoor time, they need active indoor recess games that get them standing, moving, and burning off…
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51 Free Classroom Incentives and Rewards That Actually Motivate Students
Classroom incentives and rewards do not have to cost money, require candy, or create extra work. If you are looking for classroom incentives that actually motivate students, whether that means…
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Opinion Writing Mentor Texts: Picture Books for Elementary School
These days, a ton of great literature lends itself to opinion writing. Opinion writing mentor texts include a fun story and pictures that draw the reader in and prompt them…
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Multiplication Fact Activities That Build Real Fluency
Memorizing multiplication facts via flashcards is not the only way to learn the times tables. Help your elementary students know and understand their multiplication facts with these 5 games and activities. Learning multiplication facts can be a daunting task. These fun games and activities will help.
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25 Ideas for End-of-the-Day Classroom Routines to Keep Your Students Calm
What do the last 15 minutes of your school day look like? Are they jam-packed with teaching up to the last minute or do you have an end-of-the-day classroom routine…
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29 Classroom Routines and Procedures Examples for Elementary School
Classroom routines and procedures examples are the foundation of a well-managed elementary classroom. When students know exactly how to enter in the morning, what to do when they finish early,…
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71 Community Circle Questions for Elementary Students
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…
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7 Ways to Introduce Opinion Writing in 2nd Grade
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…
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50+ Force and Motion Activities to Teach Balanced & Unbalanced Forces & Patterns in Motion
17 fun ideas and resources for teaching force and motion. Includes demonstrations, experiments, science stations, and lessons that will engage students in learning about balanced and unbalanced forces and patterns in motion. These teaching ideas will help you teach the NGSS standards.
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Two Digit Addition and Subtraction Strategies and Models
Second grade is a very important year where students develop fluency with two-digit addition and subtraction. It is the year that we work on a multitude of addition and subtraction strategies that students can use to solve problems.
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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…
