I’m always looking for simple, fun, and engaging games to play to review and practice skills, including sight words or high-frequency words. This spider sight words game is perfect for…
Videos
One of the unique things about our classroom is our ability to share our students and our experiences with you. You see, we have admin and parent/family permission to share…
If only we could experience a day in our classrooms through they eyes of our students. Well, if you have a GoPro camera, you can! I’ve used a GoPro camera…
Why are we doing turkey subtraction this early in the year? In our district, we have district pacing guides that tell us when we introduce skills. Our district introduces subtraction…
Center Management Questions Answered
I recently hosted a webinar with my friends at ESGI. During the webinar, participants submitted and asked questions about center management. This blog post addresses some of those questions in…
SmorgieVision: A Day In The Life
There is nothing more powerful than experiencing our classroom and teaching from the student perspective. We all know how much we can learn from watching ourselves on video. Imagine how…
We have been busy labeling all the things in our classroom! LABEL ALL THE THINGS! One of the first things we learn to do in writer’s workshop is label…
Can you draw a circle? We love circle maps and anchor charts and bubble maps. We love our center wheel. But people, those circles make me crazy. For the…
SmorgieVision: Morning Meeting Number Greeting
This morning meeting greeting is a fun and easy way to review numbers! Simply write numbers to 20 on address labels. Stick the labels on the kids shirt. When they…
Join me WEDNESDAY, September 28 at 7:30 EDT/6:30 CDT for a FREE WEBINAR on Centers Made Simple! I’ll be sharing how I run centers and workstations in my classroom in…