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Teaching Diverse Holidays All-Year Long
I have always enjoyed teaching holidays! It is a great way for students to learn about cultural and social traditions from all around the world.
Tools to Help Teach 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction
It’s about that time! Teaching 3-digit addition and subtraction requires patience and practice. If you can find effective practice tools, your students will build their
5 Instructional Videos for Your American Symbols Unit
American Symbols are a great Social Studies topic for cross-curricular integration! Especially now, with the adjustments we have made in our virtual and hybrid classrooms.
Presidents’ Day Reading and Writing Activities
With Presidents’ Day quickly approaching, it’s time to think about how we can incorporate the holiday into our lesson plans. I recommend using Presidents’ Day
Best Books for Compare and Contrast (Fiction)
Teaching students to compare and contrast is an important cross-curricular skill. Furthermore, the application of this skill, specifically to fiction stories, can greatly improve a
3 Main Topic and Main Idea Virtual Teaching Ideas
This blog post highlights the newest video from my weekly YouTube series. This is the third installment of Teaching Tips in 12 Minutes or Less!
How to Virtually Teach Biographies
Teaching biographies can be an integral part of your ELA instruction. While, many of us are having to adjust our planning in order to meet
Double-Digit Addition Virtual Activities
Are you still teaching virtually? Or, are you looking for easy ways to incorporate digital activities into your math instruction? If so, you’ve come to
Teaching Language and Grammar Virtually
Teaching language virtually can be a challenge! However, there are several ways to make your virtual language activities more effective and engaging. This blog will
Virtual Christmas Ideas in the Classroom
Christmas is quickly approaching and many of us are still trying to figure out how to include Christmas activities in our virtual instruction! So, this
Tips for Virtual Text Features Activities
Whether you’re teaching virtually, or just looking for engaging digital ideas to teach text features, you’re in luck! This blog post highlights a video I
3 Engaging Story Elements Activities
Story elements are one of the first standards to hit when you’re covering Common Core literature standards. When students can correctly identify and describe the