Your Fall Teaching Survival Guide Autumn brings changing leaves, chilly morning bus duty, and a classroom full of energetic students. Plus you are juggling Open House, pacing guides, report card prep, and trying to find engaging ways to keep your class learning. October and November can really test a teacher’s
Daily Heart Word Practice That Takes Less Than 5 Minutes If you have ever watched a student freeze up while trying to read or spell a high-frequency word like “pretty” or “some,” you know how frustrating trying to just memorize sight (or high frequency words) can be. Luckily, the Science
7 Engaging Ways to Teach Cause and Effect in 2nd and 3rd Grade If you have ever listened to a group of seven-year-olds, you already know they are naturally obsessed with the word “why.” Every single thing that happens requires an immediate explanation! Teaching cause and effect in 2nd and
Science of Reading Phonics Activities for Small Groups Are you ready to kick your phonics instruction into high gear and see your students genuinely excited about word work? We have all watched a student stare at a word, skip the letters, and just guess based on the picture or initial
Closing the Gap: 10 Phonemic Awareness Skills That Lead to Reading Success Teachers, we all know that moment when a student suddenly “cracks the code” and reading starts to click, but getting them there requires consistent, targeted daily practice. However, as busy teachers, finding the time to learn about and
Transform Your Sunday Nights: Reusable Resources vs. One-Time Printables The Sunday scaries usually kick in big time when you realize your planned activities for the week require a printer, a stack of paper, and an extra hour of prep you just don’t have. We all want our students to be
➡️ 7 Crucial Ways To Keep Kids Reading This Summer Do you want to keep kids reading books all summer? It doesn’t have to feel like a battle! The goal is to turn reading into something they actually look forward to between trips to the pool or the park (or
Don’t Miss Out: 8 Top Reading Comprehension Games and Activities! We’ve all been there: a student reads through a paragraph with perfect accuracy, but the second they finish, they have absolutely no clue what they just read. It’s that classic hurdle that can make teaching reading comprehension feel like you’re
Don’t Miss these 10 St. Patrick’s Day Ideas! In March, everything is green, lucky, and—let’s be honest—a little bit chaotic. If your classroom is anything like mine, the mere mention of a leprechaun is enough to send your students into a total frenzy of ‘traps’ and ‘pots of gold’ talk.
6 Ways to Use Riddles to Enhance Your Teaching What has a beginning but no end, and a classroom full of students ready to learn? The answer is an engaging lesson that uses riddles to get kids engaged in learning! You can transform your teaching by adding in a bit