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
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
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,
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
The Rationale: As teachers, it is our job to teach our students to respect people from all cultures. Today I will be focusing on ways to bring aspects of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Culture into your upper elementary classroom. 1) Read Alouds: Who doesn’t love a good book? Here
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
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
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
Did you know that TPT is having a Boost Sale Tomorrow? That means that my entire store will be 28% off! To help celebrate, myself, along with some other awesome bloggers will be giving away $10 TPT gift cards. Be sure to read to the end of this post to
It is no secret to my colleagues that I absolutely LOVE Genius Hour! Some people call it Passion Projects, others call it 20% time, but the idea is essentially the same. Providing students with one block a week to work on something that is important to them or that they
As a second language teacher, I really struggle to find substitute teachers who are fluent in French. Most of the time, I need to book a sub weeks in advance. The problem is though, I never plan on getting sick. The struggle is real! Here are a few of my
If your classroom is anything like mine, you have kids at all different levels! I teach grade 4/5 combined but I have kids working at a grade 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 level in English Language Arts. As you know, that can sometimes become slightly overwhelming! Here is a
Your upper elementary students will love solving these multiplication and division problems to escape from Mars.
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