Does your class need some motivation to get them through next week? Considering it is so close to Halloween I am on the lookout for fun activities to help keep them engaged. I had my first graders review with this super fun addition and subtraction escape room STEM challenge freebie. It focuses on numbers within 20 and has them reviewing…
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Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you one of my favorite games that I use to teach academic vocabulary to my students. Before I introduce the game, I’d like to give a quick overview of my vocabulary instruction. I’ve found that when teaching academic vocabulary, it’s hard to beat Marzano’s 6 steps for teaching vocabulary: 1. Give a description…
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Ask the fans at The Organized Classroom Blog Facebook Fan Page a question, and they always come through with an answer! This week’s Collaboration Wednesday question had to do with ideas for how to teach making predictions and inferences. Of course, they never fail to come through with flying colors! Grab yours right now and please stop by the Fan…
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Looking for Distance Learning Engagement Strategies – here you go! Packed with *NEW* ideas to spark some virtual excitement with students. If you are anything like me with a planned scope and sequence content was king of the classroom. Lessons, projects (even cross curricular) revolved around addressing standards for the grade I was teaching. I could not take it all…
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I had another request on the Facebook Fan Page for a rounding poster with a specific little rhyme. So, here is today’s freebie for you to grab! Are there other little sayings you use in math that I could create a little something for you? I would like to get several more made so I can bundle them together as…
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