End of the year activities can tend to get a little overwhelming and intense. But one activity at the end of the year that is highly engaging, important, and no prep is the Independent Reading Project. I am going to share with you one of my favorite projects to do with my third or fourth graders at the end of the year! What is the Independent Reading Project? The Independent Reading Project is one of those end of the year activities where students get to pick a book of their choice ... Read More about End of the Year Independent Reading Projects

Book clubs in the classroom can be a powerful reading comprehension tool and experience for young children. Implementing book clubs in an upper elementary classroom gives students an opportunity to read a book they are interested in, discuss the book, and complete comprehension activities as they go! My kids LOVE book clubs because they get to read with their friends and discuss what they read!  Why do book clubs? Holding book clubs in the classroom is an essential part of upper ... Read More about Book Clubs in 3rd Grade Classroom

  Text Based Writing is essay writing based on texts that have been read.  The text is cited and used in the essay to provide support. Text based writing involves reading, comprehending, and processing what was read to develop something to write.  Then you provide support by presenting it in an organized fashion. It is a higher-level skill that can be tricky for teachers to teach and students to learn.  In this blog post, I am going to share the seven steps to begin teaching text ... Read More about 7 Steps to Get Better Results When Teaching Text Based Writing

Teaching math can be FUN, but also challenging! Today, I wanted to give you a quick run through of how I would go about teaching a math skill from start to finish. Day 1- Whole Group Fun Introduction On the first day of teaching a new skill I always do a fun whole group lesson. It looks like this... Video to teach the concept first Then, we use some type of hands-on manipulative to practice. For example, with fractions we use play-doh, with multiplication we use blocks, and with ... Read More about Teaching a Math Skill from Start to Finish

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