1) Start With Music I ALWAYS suggest starting any multiplication unit with music. In fact, I always start EVERY math lesson, all year long with a multiplication song. My absolute favourite is the Numberock Multiples of 8 song. It is super catchy and the 8 times tables are often tricky
Games are one of my favourite things to incorporate into my FSL classroom. I believe that in order for kids to be motivated to learn a second language, they need to enjoy doing so. This means that we as core French teachers need to make our classrooms fun places to
I absolutely love incorporating literature into Social Studies classes! Here are three wordless picture books for teaching Canadian History that you can incorporate into your upper elementary classroom. Note: This post contains amazon affiliate links. This means that if you purchase through my links, amazon throws a few pennies my
Do you want to incorporate more literature and nonfiction texts into your Science unit on Electricity? Then this list of the best electricity books is for you! After all: Science + Picture Books = Happy Teacher Under each book description, you will find an amazon affiliate link. This means
Le Festival du Voyageur is one of my absolute favourite core French units! Kids love learning about French culture and history which makes this unit super fun and engaging. Here are 8 steps to a successful Festival du Voyageur Unit! Hook them with a video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dGrnqdl6jg I love to
If you’re anything like me, you have been walking around this year on egg shells. Afraid to plan too far ahead for fear that your situation will change. So far this year I have taught from school AND online! Being able to quickly transition to online teaching due to positive
Are you looking to add some more diverse titles to your upper elementary classroom library? Here are 5 awesome “own voices” chapter books that you should buy right now! Front Desk by Kelly Yang According to Kelly Yang, “Front Desk is about not giving into fear and being strong and
Are you teaching French as a Second Language (FSL)? Looking to make the most out of your instructional minutes and help your upper elementary students to love learning a second language? Today I am going to share with you 5 tips to make that happen! Tip 1: Remember that oral
Now that we have been back in the classroom for quite some time, I am starting to feel better about a Socially Distanced Classroom and making it work. Today I want to share with you some tips for using Interactive Read Aloud in a Socially Distanced way. Interactive Read
Oral language is tricky to assess because you need an opportunity in class to listen to each child speak. This becomes especially tricky if you are in a socially distanced classroom or are doing distance learning. If this is you, skip right to the flip grid section! Readers Theatre or
Today I wanted to share this AWESOME website with you. It’s called Storyline Online. They have a huge collection of books that are read aloud by celebrities. The videos are super high quality and the readers are engaging. Even your big kids will love these! Here are some of my
It is no secret that I LOVE to introduce new vocabulary to students using PowerPoint presentations! I love that they can see a picture, hear the correct pronunciation and that we can all practice the words together. With Covid-19, we are having to come up with new ways to deliver
Your upper elementary students will love solving these multiplication and division problems to escape from Mars.
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