How many times have you said the words, “find a partner” and complete chaos happens? Either students don’t move, fight, or go immediately to their best friend. Sound too familiar? In this post you are going to learn some easy and effective ways to get your students partnered, why it’s important, and ideas for utilizing partner activities in your classroom. … Read More
How many times have you found students struggling with CVC words even when you feel like you’ve tried EVERYTHING you could to help them master blending and segmenting? I’m here to share 5 easy, engaging, and effective strategies to help students learn how to blend and segment these important words and have a blast doing it! What are CVC Words?… Read More
Want to know an awesome activity that can be adapted to ANY skill that comes with INSTANT engagement? Well I’m ready to share! Grab some glow sticks because it’s about to GLOW DOWN! Have you ever thought about bringing in the magic of glow days into your classroom? Of course we keep it educational! But how do we pull this… Read More
It’s been ANOTHER crazy year together. But you know what hasn’t wavered? The strong classroom community that you all have built and sustained together. It’s time to end how you started it; like a family. In this post, you’ll learn some fun and engaging ways to end the school year strong and keep that little family bonding until the last… Read More
How do your students react the first time you tell them they’ll be adding THREE ADDENDS?! In our classroom, shock is the overall consensus before some excitement and a little nervous-ness might set in. This is typically a new skill that they’ve never seen before and it makes them really intrigued thinking they get to add with 3 numbers instead… Read More
Is it just me or do you think of ALL the hands on activities for shapes too? Busting out the pattern blocks, tangrams, and of course popsicle sticks with Play Doh! I am SUPER excited to show you ALL the ways to not only making learning about shapes engaging and fun, but also how to help students make connections, compose… Read More
