Would you rather be covered in spiders than teach your upper elementary students two digit by two digit multiplication? Chances are that they are struggling so much because they haven’t yet mastered their basic multiplication facts. Here are three free ideas to help your students to FINALLY master their multiplication
Are you an upper elementary teacher who needs new ideas for teaching genre? Are you tired of students not being able to identify the correct genre of the books that they read? Today I am sharing three easy ideas for teaching genre. Whether they are identifying the genre of the
If you are a French as a Second Language teacher, then you will love incorporating these French Halloween songs into your FSL classroom! Ideas for Use: Play as a transition song while students enter or leave the room Analyze the lyrics of the song to help improve students’ vocabulary Listen
How to teach about Carnaval de Québec? Are you diving into le Carnaval de Québec with your Upper Elementary French as a Second Language Class? Teaching French Culture is one of my favourite things to do. By making this unit fun, your FSL kiddos will think that French class is
Are you interested in launching a reading workshop in your upper elementary classroom this year? If so, this blog post is for you! Today I am going to lay out the 5 routines that you NEED to establish at the beginning of the year in order to have a successful
Is your grade 4 Social Studies class about to dive into learning about Alberta’s geographical regions? If so, this blog post is for you! If you use any of the ideas that I share, please take a picture and tag me on Facebook or Instagram! I would love to see
Are you an upper elementary teacher looking for engaging ways to teach big kids about comparing and ordering numbers? This blog post outlines easy to implement strategies for teaching grade 4 and grade 5 students ways to compare large numbers. Day 1: Introduce the math concept with a PowerPoint Presentation
Orange Shirt Day is recognized on September 30 each year. In 2013, Phyllis Webstad, who attended a residential school in British Columbia, started Orange Shirt Day. On this day, Canadians wear orange shirts to demonstrate a commitment to reconciliation. It is the perfect day for discussing and learning about Canadian
In order to fit everything into our busy Reading and Writing Workshop schedules, we need to keep our mini lessons MINI! This means that they need to be anywhere from 10 – 15 minutes long. Not only does keeping them short allow for our students to have more time to
Are you on the hunt to add some fun music to your French as a Second Language classroom? Today I am going to share with you my favourite ten French songs to use in the Upper Elementary core French classroom. I suggest using these songs throughout the year to review
Are you about to dive into your Water Cycle unit in Science class? Here are the 5 sweetest books about water that are perfect for Upper Elementary classes. These books are great to use to introduce the Water Cycle, states of matter and properties of water to students. They also
Are you tired of spending hours planning out your French as a Second Language classes? Do you find it tricky to incorporate speaking, listening, reading and writing opportunities into your daily lessons? Today I am going to share my biggest secret for making core French classes a breeze! Creating a
Your upper elementary students will love solving these multiplication and division problems to escape from Mars.
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