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February Faves

It’s February… You know that that means! Valentine’s Day!Here are some of my favourite activities to celebrate in my Upper Elementary Classroom! This year I have a grade 4/5 class. Our focus throughout the week of Valentine’s Day is going to be spreading Random Acts of Kindness! I start by

4 Creative Ideas to Teach French Body Parts: Fun and Interactive Vocabulary Lessons

Teaching French body parts vocabulary can feel like trying to make fetch happen—it’s just not clicking. You know your students are capable, but traditional rote memorization just isn’t their thing. Instead of watching their eyes glaze over, why not inject some fun and energy into your lessons? With the right

French as a Second Language – Teaching Colors

Teaching colours may seem very basic but it is incredibly important for students to learn! Once they know their colours, they can use this knowledge to build sentences, describe their physical traits, and play games! Here are some activities I use to teach my students their colours! Remember that once

Using Picture Books in Math Class – City by Numbers

After reading “Math Workshop in Action” by Dr. Nikki Newton, I knew that I wanted to incorporate more picture books into my math mini lessons. “City by Numbers” is a beautiful book written by Stephen T. Johnson. It is essentially a collection of photographs that highlight the numbers 1-21 that

teaching french christmas traditions in the core french or fsl classroom

4 Ways to Make Teaching French Christmas Traditions Fun and Easy

December is my favourite month! Teaching about French Christmas Traditions brings so much fun and joy to the classroom! I know that your students will love these French Christmas activities. PS. Don’t forget to grab the FREEBIE that’s linked below! My French as a Second Language (FSL) classes travel around

The Tiger Rising

This is my first year using the Lucy Calkins reading workshop. We just finished up the Grade 4 Fiction unit. This unit uses The Tiger Rising as a mentor text. It is truly a beautiful book and many of my students were able to relate to it! The book talks

Teaching the Difference Between Fiction and Non Fiction Texts

One of the first units that my students study every year is genre. This is because I want them to be able to record the genres of the different books that they read so that they can keep track of their reading lives. Before we can even jump into genre,

Marble Jar – A simple classroom management idea!

Today I am going to share with you a super simple classroom management idea! My upper elementary students LOVE earning marbles. The class earns marbles anytime EVERYONE is: on task transitioning well demonstrating respectful behaviour persevering Essentially anytime that I want to give positive reinforcement for what the whole class

Classroom Chemistry – A Ghoulish Good Time!

Right now in Science, we are studying Classroom Chemistry. I wanted to incorporate a little bit of Halloween fun into our unit! Students LOVED the labs and I LOVED how much learning was happening! Here are some of the activities that we did: Separating Mixtures: First we watched these videos

How do I organize my math block?

Over the past few years, I have played around with different ways to organize my math block. This past year, I found a method that really works for me and more importantly, for my students! Timing: My math block is one hour long. However, by the time the kids get

Celebrating Dot Day with Big Kids

This week my class had so much fun celebrating International Dot Day! Here are some ideas for how you can celebrate with your own class! 1) Dress to Impress: I knew that I wanted to hook my students without giving too much away. So, instead of telling them what I