Are you ready to turn your classroom into a Winter Wonderland? Calling all Kindergarten and 1st-grade teachers! Your ultimate winter resource is here! Introducing the K-1 Winter Bundle – a collection of 35 resources designed to make this winter season…
A Guide on How to Get Started With Your Morning Meeting Sharing Questions Morning meeting sharing time offers an opportunity for students to open up and practice important listening and speaking skills. It can take anywhere between 3 and 10…
A Guide on How to Get Started With Your Morning Meeting Greetings The morning meeting is a tried and true way to start the school day. Not only do they set the tone for the day, they also cultivate a…
Have you heard of Boom Cards? They are self-grading flash cards and are perfect for distance learning, sub plans, checks for understanding, snow days, home learning or centers. For kids, they just feel like they are playing games, but they…
To learn why numberless word problems are absolutely incredible, please first read my blog post about my experience using numberless word problems with a class of 5th grade students. Numberless word problems help engage students and increase mathematical communication while also…
This year I discovered the magic of numberless word problems. I work in a school in Brazil where the vast majority of students are English Language Learners. The 5th grade teachers and I noticed that students were very uninterested in…
Here in Brazil as in many places in the world, we are experiencing drought in most of the country. Students can feel the impact of climate change when their neighborhood’s water gets shut off for a few days. However, they…