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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What is Map Masters: Map Skill practice (along with US geography) was taught in fourth grade in my state. I really loved this content! It was quite a bit of rote memorization for states and capitals but the journey we took across the U.S. made it really fun to connect with the rest of the US – many of my…
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Figurative language will make your students better writers. But, teaching it, especially to littles, can be a task. Learning the differences between idioms, similes, and metaphors can be tough for students who have trouble with abstract ideas. Let’s find some ways to make it fun, engaging, and memorable! I have always LOVED to use the chapter book Punished! by David…
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