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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

Earthquake Simulation

One of my favorite activities to simulate with students when discussing the slow and fast changes of the earth is this earthquake simulation. I just

Earthquake Experiments

One thing I like to put emphasis on during our earth changes unit is helping my students understand just how destructive earthquakes can be along

Common Core Reading suggests exploring traditional literature such as folktales- so why not check out this mentor text? It's perfect for teaching about character traits and sequencing events! There's so much to this book- you've got to check out these other reading ideas!

MTM: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

Each week as I look through my shelves of all my picture books, I pull favorites. I have discovered a delightful pattern. I apparently love

Teach cause and effect with this engaging traditional literature picture book for Mentor Text Monday! (I love that it is also packed with more than one effect to one cause!)

MTM: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

I love introducing my children to traditional literature. I love fairy tales, myths, legends, tall tales, and fables. There is just something special to me

End of the Year Reflections

The end of the year can be pretty crazy! The students start getting anxious to be on summer break (and who blames them – I

Are you looking for a way to help students see the difference between literal and figurative language? This mentor text (book) is perfect for exploring these reading skills and ideas!

MTM: The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket

I love when libraries put books on sale or when our school librarian pulls books to be discarded that we can take for free. Recently

Travel Fever

Want a fun way to explore social studies and writing? Why not consider travel journals? So how do travel journals work? Each student

This foldable activity can be used for any idea in the elementary classroom and makes a beautiful display on a bulletin board - like a quilt! Plus- it's engaging for students! Check out this step by step tutorial!

A Quilt with Class!

Are you looking for a way to jazz up your bulletin board? I have always been a huge fan of any form of foldables, so

This book is absolutely adorable and is perfect for teaching reading! Check out how you can use this book as a mentor text in your classroom!

MTM: The Princess and the Pig

Let’s get back to the funny, cute mentor text stories! The Princess and the Pig, written by Jonathan Emmett, is a wonderful

Teaching science with this mentor text is a great way to start off teaching about the scientific method and experiments! Check out the details for this book on this post!

MTM: 11 Experiments That Failed

Are you looking for a good mentor text to introduce the concepts of the scientific method to your students? Perhaps you are about to have

This DIY craft is perfect for students celebrating any holiday like Mother's Day in the elementary classroom! It engages students and creates a beautiful keepsake craft!

Love Jars For Mother’s Day

I don’t know about you, but for me, Mother’s Day is just a pause in my routine. For instance, I get the day off, but

This mentor text helps teachers teach reading strategies such as questioning and is perfect for teaching vocabulary!

MTM: Crow Call

Have you ever read Owl Moon by Jane Yolen? It seems there are very few people who I have met who have not read it.

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