Are you looking for engaging ways to teach your upper elementary students how to analyze character traits? My favourite way to do this is through picture books. Even your big kids will love listening to a story in order to practice reading skills. The Teaching Method: Choose a Book (I
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
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
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
Read Aloud time is one of my favourite parts of the day! I love immersing children in other worlds, allowing them to see themselves in stories and allowing them to empathize with characters who are different from them. Here are my top tips for incorporating read aloud time in the
We have all been there…Teeeaaaacheeerrr…. he cheeeeaaaated! I truly think that one of the hardest parts of playing games in math class, in Physical Education and at recess is ensuring that your students show good sportsmanship. Here are 3 lesson ideas for teaching your students to be good sports in
Why Should You Use Boom Cards in the Upper Elementary Classroom? Save Time BOOM Cards are a huge time saver for teachers. They require no prep and no grading! Talk about working smarter and not harder! Kids Love Them BOOM Cards are engaging and interactive which is why our big
There are only so many minutes in a day. The key is making the most out of each and every second! Today I am going to give you 5 tips for maximizing your instructional time. Because at the end of the day, the more we maximize our time, the more
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
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
Your upper elementary students will love solving these multiplication and division problems to escape from Mars.
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