Are you ready to celebrate student excellence and make a lasting impact? Let’s dive into a topic near and dear to my heart: the importance of meaningful classroom awards. You see, it’s not just about handing out generic certificates or participation trophies. It’s about recognizing and highlighting our students' incredible gifts and talents. Yes, each and every single one of them has gifts and ...
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The Power of Student Choice: Supporting Different Learning Abilities
Let’s talk about the magic ingredient that can supercharge learning for students with different learning abilities: student choice. Empowering students to make choices in their education can have a profound impact on their engagement, motivation, and overall learning experience. In this blog post, we'll explore why student choice is so helpful and provide some practical tips on how to ...
End of the Year Survival Tools: 10 Free and Low-Cost Teacher Resources
Teaching is an ever-evolving field, and we are constantly on the lookout for new ways to enhance our classroom experiences - especially when we are in survival mode at the end of the year! This blog post aims to provide a comprehensive list of free and low-cost resources that can be easily integrated into any classroom setting. I'll share five free resources and five low-cost resources, ...
SEL Strategies and Activities for the Elementary Classroom
You know how in education, we have new terms that come to light, these are buzzwords, and the new one seems to be SEL. You may be familiar with SEL more than you know because, growing up, we called it character education. Even before that, it was known as civics. So what exactly is SEL? SEL is the common term now, which stands for social and emotional learning. It’s the process where ...
Debunking Common Science Education Myths: Empowering Students with Research-Based Teaching
As teachers, we constantly strive to provide the best learning experiences for our students in science, this means debunking common science education myths and embracing research-based teaching methods (and resources). In this blog post, we'll explore five widespread science myths and discuss how my science resources can help support effective instruction. Myth 1: Science is only for ...
Four Fun and Interactive Language Arts Ideas for Elementary Centers
Teaching language arts can sometimes be challenging, but it doesn't have to be boring! By incorporating fun and interactive learning experiences, we can create a language arts classroom that is both effective and engaging. In this blog post, we'll discuss the importance of grammar skills and explore some language arts ideas for elementary centers. Importance of Grammar Skills Grammar ...