New distance learning, remote virtual online teachers- here you go! Lessons on character traits begin inherently in vocabulary and can be in either fiction or nonfiction texts. Analyzing how characters think, feel, and act (depending on the point of view) students can infer traits about that character and see the character grow or change throughout a text. Modeling is so…
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Did you know that April is National Poetry Month. I love teaching visualizing using poetry. Visualizing is powerful skill that is used throughout life and really helps with reading and listening comprehension. What is visualizing? Visualizing just means creating a visual picture in your head based on the words you read or hear. It’s like making a little movie in…
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When I saw theme come up in our standards – I was backpedaling. Luckily over the years putting together all the best resources, books, poems, and passages to teach theme my lessons about theme have gotten stronger and my students have mastered. My first big struggle with teaching theme was how to teach that main idea was a different concept. Main…
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Hi teacher friend! I’m so excited to share the awesome creativity from our Choice Board Creators Club! They pulled together some amazing choice boards for their own students and have shared them with you! Click Here for your Freebie Why I put this together… I have gotten a LOT of emails from teachers desperate for resources that their students can…
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Do you use sticker labels every year to label your student cubby mailboxes? Don’t you hate when they either leave residue on your materials, or don’t come off all the way? I have found sometimes it is just easier to lay another label over the top so it looks clean, but then after a few years, you have a monster…
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