As the end of the school year approaches, keeping students engaged and learning can be a daunting task. I mean, we’re basically peeling them off the ceiling. And let’s be…
Happy Schedulin’ Sunday! This week we are starting our HUGE three week ocean animals and animal habitats research project with lots of ocean animals activities! We are focusing on an…
In our classroom, sight words are important. We work very hard on learning all 100 sight words required by our district. I am a firm believer in the power of…
This year one of my goals as a teacher was to really improve our reading comprehension lessons. Our district is focused on reading comprehension and writing in response to literature…
Common Core standards were introduced several years. One of those standards was research and writing. The standards said students should participate in shared research and writing. I found this standard…
In our classroom, sight words are important. We work very hard on learning all 100 sight words required by our district. I am a firm believer in the power of…
If you’re not comprehending and understanding what you read, then you’re not really reading. This is why reading comprehension is so important. And that’s why we’ve made reading comprehension a…
Happy Schedulin’ Sunday! This week we are continuing our Weather Research Project with a weather forecast, continuing Vowel Bootcamp to learn about vowels, working on addition and subtraction story problems.…
I am always looking for ways to engage my students at all levels. That means I am always looking for games and activities that can challenge my students. This is…
The fourth component of our TKS BOOTCAMP Curriculum is BLENDS BOOTCAMP! Blends Bootcamp focuses on blends and digraphs as tools to help students become better readers and writers. Blends…