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PLANNING

Planning can take up a lot of a teacher’s time, but it doesn’t have to. Let me help you plan quality lessons that will meet your students’ needs and engage them. This section is here to help you so you can get back to your personal life.

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Have you ever struggled with predicting how long a lesson takes? Have you sometimes ran out of time during a lesson and not finished everything you needed to do, or ended up having too much time left over? This post covers how to estimate the time you need for each lesson.

Gauging How Long a Lesson Will Take

If you're bored with the same informal assessments such as the ticket out the door, check out this list of assessment ideas that are low prep and engaging for your classroom. This blog post includes an A to Z list of ideas for informal assessments with a FREE printable.

Informal Assessments A to Z: A list of Ideas

It is absolutely possible to facilitate learning in any subject with the six tips listed in this post. These suggestions are all based on foundational teaching practices and not on specific course curriculum. Click through to get these tips and save this post to reference later!

How to Facilitate Learning in ANY Subject

If you're looking for some alternatives to math centers during your guided math time, check out these three ideas that are simple but quick! They will engage your students and help you differentiate! It's perfect for math workshop! Save this pin and click through to read more.

3 Super Easy Alternatives to Math Centers

I have been walking you through everything you need to know about math workshop to be successful. Last time, I talked about using centers as

Are Guided Math Centers Really That Hard?

Let’s face it. The idea of centers in the classroom can be a bit intimidating, especially if you’re a new teacher. There’s so much to

Guided math is the largest component of math workshop and the best way to help your students be successful. Learn about how you can make the most out of this component by clicking through.

Make the Most Out of Guided Math

Guided math is the largest component during math workshop with it being 50% of the block, or approximately 30-40 minutes depending on your block of

Teaching mini-lessons in math workshop can sometimes be a challenge, but it doesn't have to be. This post helps you remove the headache of mini-lessons and makes whole group teaching easier!

How To Take The Headache Out of Mini-Lessons in Math Workshop

The mini-lessons in math workshop can be met with frustration when you feel you have to teach everything students need to know in such a

Most people skip the math workshop opening but it's actually really important to include a math opening. This post includes lots of ideas on how to make it quick and easy like a pro!

How to Teach Your Math Opening Like a Pro

While it can be easy to skip the opening and deem it as not that important, it actually sets the tone for the workshop! It

Is the structure of your math workshop model flexible? I'm guessing that most people think it's a rigid schedule that has to be followed, but it's not! There's room for flexibility while still helping you and your students be successful! Learn more by clicking through here.

Why your Math Workshop Model is Not Flexible (And How to Fix It!)

If you’re new to math workshop, you may be wondering about its structure and how exactly the model is set up. Typically, most people are

Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Run Math Workshop

Workshop. It’s a popular methodology that has made its way into many classrooms. Reader’s Workshop. Writer’s Workshop. I have even implemented Science Workshop as an

Strategies to Present New Material During Online Learning

Your students are headed back to school, and this time online learning is all about learning new grade-level content. For teachers participating in online learning,

Incorporating technology has always been a part of our teaching, but now with distance learning and teaching digitally, we have to incorporate more than ever! Learn about the SAMR model and how it affects online learning and the technology you use in the online classroom!

Teaching Digitally: All About the SAMR Model

During online learning, you started teaching digitally with little to no notification. Now that you’ve adjusted and tweaked your online learning plans, it’s time to

If you're teaching your students through distance learning this year, online PBL projects is a great option! Elementary students can practice critical thinking, independence, and so many other skills! Check out the resources in this post to get started!

Online PBL Projects for Elementary Students

Online learning has so many options available for our students. However, it’s very easy to get into the worksheet trap. Rather than share fill-in worksheets