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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

Are you looking for a way to connect fiction and nonfiction text together while teaching about comparing and contrasting? This mentor text teaches about Hurricanes all while utilizing figurative language!

MTM: Hurricane!

This week for my Mentor Text Monday, I want to tell you about a book called Hurricane! I’m not referring to the nonfiction text by

Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun is a perfect mentor text for teaching children about bullying! It's also great for teaching about point of view, plot, author's purpose, and story elements!

MTM: Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun

For this week, my mentor text is Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy. This book is about a girl who is

$Make teaching number line fractions hands-on and fun with this elementary activity idea! It also makes for a great display of hands-on fractions!$

Hands-On Fractions Fun!

One of the things I try really hard to do in math is make it hands-on and engaging. That’s why when it was time

Faithful Elephants is a historical fiction book that can be used as a mentor text to teach a variety of reading genres and Vocabulary. It can also be used to teach comprehension strategies.

MTM: Faithful Elephants

This week my mentor text is Faithful Elephants by Yukio Tsuchiya. While certainly a popular book, it is not to be overlooked in its value.

This humorous post offers up a fun idea for teaching writing for Valentine's Day activities in the elementary classroom!

The Horror of Conversation Hearts!

As adults Valentine’s Day has many different meanings… But as a kid in the elementary classroom, it has just one – candy (well, and Valentine’s

If you want a powerful book to teach about strong words and vocabulary- look no further. Come On, Rain makes for a great mentor text for teaching writing and reading! And this post has a freebie for teaching visualization with it!

MTM: Come On, Rain!

This week, my mentor text is a picture book from Karen Hesse called Come on, Rain! (This post contains affiliate links.) I have utilized

Explore force and motion with these hands-on engaging activities that are sure to get your students' motor running. While you're here, grab a free activity!

Zoooooming with Force and Motion!

One of my favorite things about being a teacher is watching how excited kids get when something just “clicks” in their heads. I love

Engage your students in critical thinking with this Jeopardy review cooperative poster learning activity for any content area!

Jeopardy Review Posters Using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Our school district studies the regions of the United States as part of our social studies curriculum. It takes us all year to study the

$Learn more about assessing your students while conferring with them during math workshop and grab a freebie with this post! Check it out!$

Assessments and Conferring During Math Workshop

This is my final week (unless someone requests something specific about it) of my Guided Math Workshop Blog Series! In case you missed last week’s

$What do students do after you have given the mini-lesson in math workshop? Guided math! Check out these tips and ideas about math workshop in action, including rotations and understanding math centers!$