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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

8 Valuable Volume Activities for Hands-On Learning

When it comes to complicated concepts in your upper elementary math classroom, volume is up there as one of the Great Intimidators. There’s no doubt

Climate vs weather isn't always clearly understood. Let's examine how to clarify the differences as well as emphasize their relation.

3 Effective Strategies for Teaching Climate vs Weather

Climate change has been trending upward, yet as I type this, my backyard (and driveway…) are covered in 18 inches of snow. I don’t know

Check out these seven quick and easy ways to prep your science activities to make sure your students get the best possible experience with their resources

7 Quick & Easy Ways to Prep Science Activities

I don’t need to tell you how valuable your time is as a teacher; chances are, you already feel the time-crunch pressure constantly. If you’re

Let's dive in to a few ways you can teach your math classroom to add and subtract decimals with minimal struggle!

3 Thrilling Activities to Add and Subtract Decimals

When I mention “add and subtract decimals,” your mind likely immediately jumps to money. That’s great! … For us, anyway. Your kiddos, however, don’t yet

Let's take a look at a handful of methods that we can use to make learning about Earth's systems and landforms smoother than a plain but a million times more exciting.

5 Constructive Ideas to Rock Landforms with Earth’s Systems NGSS

As both a child and an adult, I made the journey between Michigan and Georgia many times, and always by car (or big clunky van,

5 Lessons to Smash Earth’s History (with Fossil Activities!)

If you could bring your kiddos (safely) back in time to any period of Earth’s history, where would you go? Imagine the enthusiasm for learning

Explore several engaging methods that align NGSS with soil and fossil lessons and are sure to captivate your students' imaginations.

5 Ways to Nail the NGSS with Soil and Fossil Lessons

It’s easy to get excited about science in upper elementary classrooms. Another day, another creative science idea, right? You spend a while fleshing out your

Embark on a mission to make learning about money fun, engaging, and tailored to your students!

Differentiating Money Lessons: Excel with Diverse Learning Needs

Looking for a quick, easy way to earn cash? Oops, I’m sorry. I meant to say learn cash—as in money lessons! Today, we’re diving into

Fuel the Fall Festivities with a Fun Fraction Feast!

It’s that time of year again. Like it or not, it’s rapidly approaching. In fact, it may have invaded your classroom already! That’s right: fractions.

With these challenging yet simple to implement activities, you and your students can have a ball in your science classroom. Engage your upper elementary students with these exciting magnet activities!

3 Magnificent Magnet Activities for Upper Elementary

Exploring magnets was always a favorite pastime of mine as a child, and for good reason. From the humble alphabet fridge magnets to the more

Diving into the world of magnets can be both educational and fun, as showcased by three of my all-time favorite upper elementary magnetism experiments!

The Mystery of Magnetism: 3 Magnetic Experiments

Magnets: how do they work? Okay, well, we actually do have a pretty good idea of how they work… But that doesn’t mean magnetism is

Teaching about solar and lunar eclipses can be a memorable experience for students in upper elementary science classrooms. With the right blend of hands-on activities, math exercises, and scientific observations, you can turn these celestial events into foundational learning moments!

Light Up the Learning: 7 Engaging Eclipse Activities

When was the last time you watched an eclipse? Personally, I haven’t seen any since August 2017, aptly named the “Great American Eclipse” by some

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PLANNING

Gauging How Long a Lesson Will Take

Informal Assessments A to Z: A list of Ideas

How to Facilitate Learning in ANY Subject

8 Valuable Volume Activities for Hands-On Learning

3 Effective Strategies for Teaching Climate vs Weather

7 Quick & Easy Ways to Prep Science Activities

3 Thrilling Activities to Add and Subtract Decimals

5 Constructive Ideas to Rock Landforms with Earth’s Systems NGSS

5 Lessons to Smash Earth’s History (with Fossil Activities!)

5 Ways to Nail the NGSS with Soil and Fossil Lessons

Differentiating Money Lessons: Excel with Diverse Learning Needs

Fuel the Fall Festivities with a Fun Fraction Feast!

3 Magnificent Magnet Activities for Upper Elementary

The Mystery of Magnetism: 3 Magnetic Experiments

Light Up the Learning: 7 Engaging Eclipse Activities

TRY MATH WORKSHOP!

You can finally take back your weekends with Math Workshop! How? It’s jam-packed with everything you need – lesson plans, math centers, independent work and so much more! Try it yourself. Enter your information below and check it out!

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You can finally take back your weekends with Math Workshop! How? It’s jam-packed with everything you need – lesson plans, math centers, independent work and so much more! Try it yourself. Enter your information below and check it out!

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