Forming relationships with your students at the beginning of a school year takes time and effort. It’s important that your students learn to trust you before anything else. One way to gain your student’s trust is to form relationships with them through back to school read alouds. Even though reading
Implementing strategic planning in teaching vocabulary will allow students to have a better understanding of language, reading, and comprehension. Read more as I share four important vocabulary strategies to help struggling readers! Four Components of Vocabulary It’s important to align teaching strategies to reflect the four major categories of vocabulary:
Who remembers the process of learning math back in the day? What about times-tables, math drills, long division, and memorization? Thankfully we are well past the days of math being limited to pencil, paper, and worksheets! There are so many fun ways to practice math facts that will leave students
Extra effort must be put into making grammar lessons fun and engaging! Students are more likely to grasp a concept when they actually enjoy learning about it. Including grammar games in your reading block will not only engage students, but allow them to have fun while learning. Don’t be surprised
Grammar can be a daunting subject both for teachers and students. Is teaching grammar in a fun way an impossible task? Absolutely not! There are a variety of ways to engage students and make grammar lessons fun. It is one of the few subjects taught in school that individuals will
Our students definitely love to share their opinions! How do you put that voice into writing? There are so many ways to incorporate opinion writing prompts into your ELA curriculum in the elementary classroom. One of the best ways I have found is to start small! Use some of these
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