Primary Teaching Ideas, Resources and Strategies
Happy Weekend! I am extra, extra, extra happy because this weekend is the beginning of my Spring Break!!! Yea!! I really thought I might not make it…as I explained earlier this week I have that class this year and, let me tell you, the struggle is real. But, I made it!!! Yea!! In celebration I am linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching… Read More
So, if you read last week’s “wrap up” post, you know that our first game of Scoot went terribly, terribly wrong. In fact, it went so wrong, that I realized it was time that I sat down and wrote out my classroom management tips for “that class” (also known as how I try to make it through the day this… Read More
Well, since it is Sunday night I don’t think I can even pretend that this is still a “real” Five for Friday post… However, I do like catching up, sharing the highlights of my week with you and linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching… So, I’m hoping we can just ignore my tardiness (like we do every week- but a lets… Read More
Yea!!! It’s the weekend! I swear, the weeks seem to keep getting longer and longer recently! I have to admit… I am pretty jealous of the 3-day weekend that I hear so many people are enjoying right now… Kind of makes my “regular old 2-day weekend” seem a bit less exciting… but I’m trying not to do that whole “grass… Read More
While I deeply believe in the need for ongoing formative assessment- the kind that gives me information to drive my instruction- I just CAN NOT STAND the “big” tests that we give to such little children these days. I feel like I am being asked to give my second graders the SATs or the LSATs every quarter. It hurts my… Read More
Happy weekend! Did you survive the “teacher trifecta” this week? Apparently there was a lunar eclipse, a comet and a full moon all on the same day… I heard this was “a once in a lifetime astrological event”. If your week was anything like mine I’m sure this is not new information to you 😉 but we made it!!! To… Read More
Happy February! I have never been much of a “Groundhog’s Day” fan… I think it might be because I still remember having to copy down the looooongest “morning message” EVER on Groundhog’s Day when I was in first grade. (I hated that stupid morning message! It took sooooooo long to write… I liked reading it… but we had to copy… Read More
So, last week was Literacy Week… and somehow between our early in the year inspection from the (very strict) Fire Marshall and our new principal we were allowed/encouraged to decorated our classroom doors. I have been at other schools that had “door decorating cultures” (ha!) but we have never been able to do it at my current school… and… Read More
Happy Weekend! I thought it might never get here!!! I know it’s Saturday, but it seems like a good time to recap the week, so I am linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching for a Five for Friday post. It was Literacy Week this week. It was the first week of common assessments, the 100th day of school, the week… Read More
Happy New Year! So, 2017 is officially here. I will tell you… I am ready for a fresh start. I like to keep things pretty “sunny” and positive but if I am honest, 2016 has not been my favorite year. It seems like lots of people felt that way this year. I always think that’s so strange… that when… Read More